CarbonWrap ® REPAIRING HIGHWAY BRIDGE COLUMNS COST -EFFECTIVEL Y Problem Many bridges in the Northeastern United States suffer from severe damage due to corrosion of rebars in many parts of the structure including columns. Replacement of such a large inventory of damaged columns is not a practical solution. Furthermore, many conventional repair methods, such as patching with new concrete and welding rebars, have proven ineffective, time consuming, and costly. Solution DowAksa CarbonWrap ® provided an effective and economical solution involving fi lling the spalled areas with high strength PolyCon500TM, and wrapping the column with DowAksa CarbonWrap ® fabric. The polymer-based PolyCon 500TM created a super strong bond with the old concrete, eliminating the possibility of failure

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