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PUBLICATIONS

Responses to Questions by the General Accounting Office (GAO) Related to construction of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (NBS IR 84-2892)

Published

Author(s)

Nicholas J. Carino

Abstract

The General Accounting Office (GAO) requested the assistance of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in the investigation of the construction of the new Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida. Specifically, GAO desired answers to questions related to the following: 1) the formulation of cracks in the main of the bridge span; 2) the materials used in the concrete mixtures; and the procedures used in the placement of concrete in the drilled shaft foundations. The objective of the GAO inquiry is to determine the reasonableness and validity of the positions taken by the Florida Department of Transportation on each of the concerns expressed by a number of individuals in connection with the bridge construction. This report provides answers to those questions and provides explanations for each answer.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 84-2892
Report Number
84-2892
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NBS.IR.84-2892

Keywords

bridges, concrete, construction, cracking, investigation
Buildings and Construction, Building materials, Structural engineering, Fire and Disaster and failure studies

Citation

Carino, N. (1984), Responses to Questions by the General Accounting Office (GAO) Related to construction of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (NBS IR 84-2892), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NBS.IR.84-2892 (Accessed October 8, 2025)

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Created June 29, 1984, Updated November 10, 2018
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