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The focus of research at the University of Colorado at Denver has been on the identification of alternate load paths in historic truss bridges. Modern methods are being employed to aid in the preservation of this technological heritage. There is strong evidence that alternative load paths do exist – they have just been overlooked for the past century or so. While the overall purpose of the project is to aid in preservation efforts for historic iron and steel truss bridges, the specific goal of this project is to demonstrate a new methodology to account for increased strength from non-traditional (but real) load paths.


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