Revolutionizing bridge construction: Steel-free concrete deck slab opens new possibilities.
A new type of bridge deck made of fiber reinforced concrete was built without any internal steel reinforcement. This innovative design was tested on the Trans Canada Highway in 1995. The goal was to create a bridge deck that didn't need traditional steel support. The researchers used polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete to achieve this. The key finding was that the bridge deck could be constructed without any internal steel reinforcement, showing a new way to design bridge decks.