RT Monograph
SR 00
T1 Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Covered Bridges
YR 2019
FD 2019
SP 234
K1 architectural heritage
K1 bridges
K1 covered bridges
K1 industrial heritage
K1 technique
K1 restoration of cultural heritage
K1 restoration of architectural heritage
K1 guidelines
K1 methodology
K1 inventories
K1 Cultural administrations
K1 rehabilitation
K1 structures of buildings
K1 wood
K1 wooden architecture
K1 timber-framed architecture
K1 legal protection
K1 national legislation
K1 international standards
K1 documentation
K1 good practices
K1 USA
AB The book represents a final milestone from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-sponsored National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation (NHCBP) Program. HAER and the FHWA's Office of Infrastructure Research and Development have maintained a joint research and technology program for historic covered bridges since 2002. This partnership has also included a variety of initiatives including documentation, engineering studies, National Historic Landmark designations, conferences, a traveling exhibition, and the 2015 book, Covered Bridges and the Birth of American Engineering.    At the First National Covered Bridge Conference in Burlington, VT, in 2003, attendees adopted the "Burlington Charter for the Preservation of Historic Covered Bridges." The charter resolved to develop guidelines that adapt the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction to historic covered bridges. Focusing on rehabilitation of covered bridges, these Guidelines are organized by function of the structure. Following general principles, chapters examine superstructure, substructure, exterior envelope, site features, and safety/protection systems. The illustrated Guidelines are presented in a two-column format describing recommended and non-recommended treatments.    The book concludes with eleven covered bridge rehabilitation case studies (written by the engineers, bridgewrights, and public officials who worked on them), comprised of various truss types, locations, rehabilitation issues, and budgets. The Guidelines will be a useful resource for educating engineers, State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs), Departments of Transportation (DOTs), bridge owners, preservationists, and residents in maintaining these historic symbols of American engineering for future generations.   (Source: National Park Service)
A2 Marston, Christopher H.
A2 Vitanza, Thomas A.
PB Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service
PP Washington DC.
SN 978-0-692-17092-2
AV Published
LK http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2262/
UL https://www.nps.gov/hdp/project/coveredbridges/publications.htm