Safety of Bridges: (Conference Sponsored by Ice and Highways Agency)

__Safety of Bridges__ has been compiled by leading experts in bridge engineering to outline the safety concepts that form the basis of design and assessment codes for modern bridges. It is based on papers presented at a syposium sponsored jointly by the ICE and the Highways Agency and describes the background work carried out during the development of the new UK bridge structures. This book contains the first published material to discuss, in a comprehensive manner, the safety requirements for bridge structures. Outlines the safety concepts that form the basis of design and assessment codes for modern bridges. This book is based on papers presented at a symposium sponsored jointly by the ICE and the Highways Agency and describes the background work carried out during the development of the UK bridge structures. Discusses "the safety concepts which form the basis of modern bridge design and assessment codes" and "the background work carried out in the development of the new UK bridge and route-specific traffic loading requirements, and the proposed whole life performance-based assessment rules"--Preface