©©®1W® Iy ®UB C JCHRP,'$Ynffios]'*LS* 25' Higihway Biidges TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1997 Officers Chair DAVID N. WORMLEY, Dean of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University Vice Chair SHARON D. BANKS, General Manager, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Enstrict, Oaklan4 California Executive Director ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR., Transportation Research Board, National Research Council Members BRIAN J. L. BERRY, Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor, Bruton Center for Development Studies, University of Texas at Dallas LILLIAN C. BORRONE, Director, Port Commerce Department, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Past Chair, 1995) DAVID G. BURWELL, President, Rails-to-Trails Consereancy E. DEAN CARLSON, Secretary, Kansas Department of Transportation JAMES N. DENN, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Transportation JOHN W. FISHER, Director, ATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University DENNIS J. FI'I'ZGERALD, Executive Director, Capital District Transportation Authority DAVID R. GOODE, Chairman, President, and CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation DELON HAMPTON, Chairman & CEO, Delon Hampton & Associates LESTER A. HOEL, Hamilton Professor, University of Virginia, Department of Civil Engineering JAMES L. LAMMIE, Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. BRADLEY L. MALLORY, Secretary of Transportation, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ROBERT E. MARTINEZ, Secretary of Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia JEFFREY J. McCAIG, President and CEO, Trimac Corporation MARSHALL W. MOORE, Director, North Dakota Department of Transportation CRAIG E. PHIUP, President, ingram Barge Company ANDREA RINIKER, Deputy Executive Director. Port of Seattle JOHN M. SAMIJELS, Vice President-Operating Assets, Consolidated Rail Corporation WAYNE SHACKLEFORD, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Transportation LESLIE STERMAN, Executive Director of East-West Gateway Coordinating Council JOSEPH M. SIJSSMAN, JR East Professor and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MiT (Past Chair, 1994) JAMES W. VAN LOBEN SELS, Director, California Department of Transportation (Past Chair, 1996) MARTIN WACHS, Director, University of Cal (fornia Transportation Center, Berkeley, California DAVID L. WINSTEAD, Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation MIKE ACOTT, President, National Asphalt Pavement Association (ex officio) ROY A. ALLEN, Vice President, Research and Test Department, Association of American Railroads (ex officio) JOE N. BALLARD, Chief of Engineers and Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ex officio) ANDREW H. CARD, JR., President & CEO, American Automobile Manufacturers Association (ex officio) KELLEY S. COYNER, Acting Administrator, Research & Special Programs Ad,ninistration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) MORTIMER L. DOWNEY, Chairman and President, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (ex officio) THOMAS M. DOWNS, Chairman & President, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (er officio) FRANCIS B. FRANCOIS, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (ex officio) DAVID GARDINER, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (ex officio) JANE F. GARVEY, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) JOHN E. GRAYKOWSKI, Acting Administrator, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) GLORIA J. JEFF, Acting Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) T.R. LAKSHMANAN, Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S.Departmint of Transportation (ex officio) GREGORI LEBEDEV, Acting President and CEO, American Trucking Associations, inc. (ex officio) GORDON I. LINTON, Federal Transit Administrator, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) RICARDO MARTINEZ, Administrator. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (ex officio) WILLIAM W. MILLAR, President, American Public Transit Association (ex officio) JOLENE M. MOLITORIS, Federal Railroad Administrator, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM Transportation Research Board Executive Co,nmittee Subco,nmittee for NCHRP DAVID N. WORMLEY, Pennsylvania State University (Chair) ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR., Transportation Research Board FRANCIS B. FRANCOIS, American Association of State Highway and RODNEY E. SLATER, Federal Highway Administration Transportation Officials JAMES W. v.st LOBEN SELS, California Departme,ir ofTransportation LESTER A. HOEL, University of Virginia Field of Special Projects Project Committee SP 20-5 Program Staff JON P. UNDERWOOD, Texas Department of Transportation (Chair) ROBERT J. REILLY, Director, Cooperative Research Programs KENNETH C. AFFERTON. New Jersey Department of Transportation (Retired) CRAWFORD F. JENCKS, Manager, NCHRP GERALD L ELLER, Federal Highway Administration (Retired) DAVID B. BEAL, Senior Program Officer JOHN J. HENRY, Pennsylvania Transportation institute LLOYD R. CROWTHER, Senior Program Officer GLORIA J. JEFF, Federal Highway Administration B. RAY DERR, Senior Program Officer C. IAN MACGILUVRAY, iowa Department of Transportation AMIR N. HANNA, Senior Program Officer GENE E. OFSTEAD, Minnesota Department of Transportation EDWARD T. HARRIGAN, Senior Program Officer EARL C. SHIRLEY, Consulting Engineer RONALD D. McCREADY, Senior Program Officer J. RICHARD YOUNG, JR., Mississippi Department of Transportation KENNETH S. OPIELA, Senior Program Officer RICHARD A. McCOMB, Federal Highway Administration (Liaison) EILEEN P. DELANEY, Editor ROBERT E. SPICHER, Transportation Research Board (Liaison) TRB Stafffor NCHRP Project 20-5 STEPHEN R. GODWIN, Director for Studies and Information Services SALLY D. LIFF, Senior Program Officer STEPHEN F. MAHER, Senior Program Officer IJNDA S. MASON, Editor N National Cooperative Highway Research Program 0. Synthesis of Highway. Practice 251 Lead-Based Paint Removal for Steel Highway Bridges BERNARD R. APPLEMAN Steel Structures Painting Council Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Topic Panel THOMAS BERNECKI, Northwestern University JAMES BRYSON, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency L. BRIAN CASTLER, Connecticut Department of Transportation DAVID COPENBARGER, Illinois Department of Transportation DOUGLAS J. EAKIN, Oregon Department of Transportation JOSEPH M. HUERTA, Federal Highway Administration ROBERT KOGLER, Federal Highway Administration FRANK N. LISLE, Transportation Research Boani WILLIAM MEDFORD, North Carolina Department of Transportation LLOYD SMITH, Corrision Control Consultants & lizbs, Inc. KRISHNA K. VERMA, Federal Highway Administration Transportation Research Board National Research CouncIl Research Sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in Cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington, D.C. 1997 Subject Areas Bridges, Other Suuctures, Hydraulics and Hydrology NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM NCHRP SYNThESIS 251 Systematic, well-designed research provides the most effective Project 20-5 FY 1990 (Topic 28-04) approach to the solution of many problems facing highway ad- ISSN 0547-5570 ISBN 0-309-06107-5 ministrators and engineers. Often, highway problems are of local Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 97-62278 interest and can best be studied by highway departments indi- © 1997 Transportation Research Board vidually or in cooperation with their state universities and oth- ers. However, the accelerating growth of highway transportation develops increasingly complex problems of wide interest to Price $26.00 highway authorities. These problems are best studied through a coordinated program of cooperative research. In recognition of these needs, the highway administrators of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials initiated in 1962 an objective national highway re- NOTICE search program employing modern scientific techniques. This program is supported on a continuing basis by funds from par- The project that is the subject of this report was a part of the National Coop- ticipating member states of the Association and it receives the erative Highway Research Program conducted by the Transportation Re- full cooperation and support of the Federal Highway Admini- search Board with the approval of the Governing Board of the National Re- search Council. Such approval reflects the Governing Board's judgment that stration, United States Department of Transportation. the program concerned is of national importance and appropriate with re-- The Transportation Research Board of the National Research spect to both the purposes and resources of the National Research Council. Council was requested by the Association to administer the re- The members of the technical committee selected to monitor this project search program because of the Board's recognized objectivity and to review this report were chosen for recognized scholarly competence and understanding of modern research practices. The Board is and with due consideration for the balance of disciplines appropriate to the project. The opinions and conclusions expressed or implied are those of the uniquely suited for this purpose as it maintains an extensive research agency that performed the research, and, while they have been ac- committee structure from which authorities on any highway cepted as appropriate by the technical committee, they are not necessarily transportation subject may be drawn; it possesses avenues of those