High Arch Bridge

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Theses (Historic Preservation) Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
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Ann Marie DiLucia
University of Pennsylvania
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Vernacular Concrete Structure. (Masters Thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
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DiLucia, Ann Marie (1998). High Arch Bridge: A Cost Benefit Analysis of Preservation Techniques as
Applied to a Vernacular Concrete Structure. (Masters Thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA.
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HIGH ARCH BRIDGE:
A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES AS APPLIED
TO A VERNACULAR CONCRETE STRUCTURE
Ann Marie DiLucia
A THESIS
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Historic Preservation
Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in
Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for a Degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
1998
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Samuel Y. Hams, PE. AIA JamesJ(R.owan) PE
Adjunct Associate Professor 'ennsylvantSrTJepartment ofTransportation
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Associate Professor of Architecture

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Table of Contents Page
List of Figures iv
List ofTables v
Chapter One Introduction 1
1.1 Selection ofTopic 3
1.2 A Discussion of Significance 5
1.3 ABrief History of the Site 7
1.4 Private Roads, Service Structures,
and Archaeological Ruins 10
Chapter Two Methodology 12
2.1 Evaluation Matrix: Approaches to
Bridge Rehabilitation 13
2.2 Assessment of Condition 17
2.3 Recommended Testing 19
2.4 Documentation 22
Chapter Three Data 25
3.1 Bridge Description 26
3.2 Summary ofCurrent Conditions 29
3.3 Approaches to Bridge Rehabilitation 42
Chapter Four Analysis 47
4.1 Summary of Repair Alternatives 47
4.1 . Program A 49
4.1.2 Program B 50