The last 10 years have seen a dramatic growth on the construction of segmental concrete bridges in North America, which is estimated to have an annual construction volume exceeding one billion dollars. The bridges have been built using both precast and cast-in-place concrete segments. This article presents summaries of the major structural features of some of the most outstanding segmental bridges constructed in North America in the last 10 years. Details concerning the design and method of construction of each project are discussed. Additionally, the future prospects and potential for segmental bridge construction in the next century are discussed.
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Clifford L. Freyermuth (1999) studied this question.