Highway Infrastructure Damage Caused by the 1993 Upper Mississippi River Basin211 Flooding

摘要

This report contains the findings of a study of the effects of the 1993 flooding211u001eof the Mississippi River Basin on bridge and related transportation 211u001einfrastructure. Records of the type of facilities that were damanged are 211u001eincluded, along with a damage classification system that can be applied to future 211u001enatural disasters to aid in data collection and reporting. The contents of this 211u001ereport will be of immediate interest to bridge and structural engineers, 211u001ehydraulics engineers and hydrologists, and others concerned with the effects of 211u001eflooding on highway infrastructure.