In 1993, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) initiated a national program to implement the use of high performance concrete (HPC) in bridges. The program
included the construction of demonstration bridges in each of the FHWA regions and dissemination of the technology and results at showcase workshops. Eighteen bridges in 13 States were included in the
national program. In addition to the joint State-FHWA HPC initiative, other States have implemented the use of HPC in various bridge elements.
The bridges are located in different climatic regions of the United States and use different types of superstructures. The bridges demonstrate practical application of high performance concretes. In addition,
construction of these bridges provided opportunities to learn more about the placement and actual behavior of HPC in bridges. Consequently, many of the bridges were instrumented to monitor their short- and
long-term performance. In addition, concrete material properties were measured for most of the bridges.
Information about the HPC bridges is located in numerous published and unpublished technical reports, papers in technical journals and symposium proceedings, and student theses. This page presents
a compilation of the data from the HPC bridges. Data from 19 bridges are included.