Historic Bridges - Evaluation, Preservation, and Management

A.good.number.of.engineers,.historians,. academics,.and.laypeople.are.dedicated.t o.

the.preservation.of.historic.bridges..Th e.Ohio.State.University.started.the.Hist oric.

Bridges.Conferences.(HBCs).on.November.1 ,.1985.with.the.encouragement.of.one.

of. its. graduates,. Abba. Lichtenstein.. Over. the. years. additional. successful. HBCs.

followed.in. Columbus,. Ohio,. March. 11,. 1988,. on. October. 5,. 1990,. August. 27–29,.

1992;. in. Cincinnati,. Oct.. 23–24. 1997;. Wheeling,. West. Virginia,. October. 21–23,.

1999;.and.Cleveland,.Ohio,.September.19– 22,.2001.






The.8th.Historic.Bridges.Conference.(HBC ).was.held.in.Columbus,.Ohio,.April.

28–29,. 2008,. under. the. primary. and. generous. sponsorship. of. Abba. Lichtenstein.

and. the. Allan. King. Sloan. Foundation.. Further,. the. conference. was. co-sponsored.

by.The.Ohio.State.University.College.of. Engineering.and.Department.of.Civil.and.

Environmental.Engineering.and.Geodetic.S cience,.the.Historic.Bridge.Foundation,.

Jones-Stuckey.Ltd.,.Mead.&.Hunt,.Inc.,.and.VJM .Metal.Craftsman,.LLC..The.con tributions.

of. sponsors. and. co-sponsors,. and. the. support. of. Dean. Bud. Baeslack. of.

The.Ohio.State.University.are.gratefully .acknowledged.



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