Flexible Seattle Off-Ramp Would Retain Shape in Quake

November 23, 2016
Tim Newcomb – Engineering News-Record

Moving from the lab to the field, a highway off-ramp bridge under construction in Seattle features memory-retaining metal rods and bendable concrete designed to provide the structure with flexibility sufficient to withstand a major seismic event.

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