UK Research Guides Hurricane Bridge Repairs

Interstate 90 at Biloxi, Mississippi is seen with nearly all the bridge decks ripped up by Hurricane Katrina.

The UK civil engineering hydraulics consultancy HR Wallingford has been contracted by the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) in Washington DC to apply prediction methods for wave forces developed at Wallingford to US bridges damaged last year by hurricanes Katrina and Ivan.

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