RICHARD B. ROYCE, Chief Clerk and Staff Director

M. BARRY MEYER, Counsel

BAILEY GUARD, Assistant Chief Clerk (Minority)

JOSEPH F. VAN VLADRICKEN, LEON G. BILLINGS, J. B. HUYETT, Jr.,
and RICHARD D. GRUNDY, Professional Staff Members

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1968

Lowell K. Bridwell, Federal Highway Administrator, accompanied by

Francis C. Turner, Director of the Bureau of Public Roads_-

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1968

Vice Admiral Paul E. Trimble, Assistant Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,

accompanied by Harold F. Olson, Chief, Bridge Branch, Navigation

Department-

Lt. Col. Ferd E. Anderson, Jr., Assistant Director of Civil Works, Central

Divisions, Department of the Army, accompanied by Wendell Johnson,

Chief, Engineering Division, Directorate of Civil Works...

John O. Morton, president, American Association of State Highway

Officials; accompanied by Ward Goodman, Committee on Bridges and

Structures; and Alfred E. Johnson, executive director, American Asso-

ciation of State Highway Officials-----

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1968

Frank Masters, Jr., consulting engineer, firm_of Modjeski & Masters,

Harrisburg, Pa., representing the Consulting Engineers Council

John Pershing, general counsel, International Bridge, Tunnel, & Turnpike

Association__

Nomer Gray, Chairman, Committee on Professional Practice, American

Society of Civil Engineers---

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Gerard F. Fox, past chairman, Structural Division, American Society of

Civil Engineers...

Thomas M. Goodfellow, president, The Association of American Railroads.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD
Article From the Civil Engineering Magazine, October 1967, entitled
"Programming Structural Integrity Maintenance," by Lawrence L.
Smith.

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Bridge inspection and maintenance procedures in use by the State highway
departments, table............

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Bridges 30 years old or older maintained by the State highway depart-
ments..

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Coast Guard search and rescue operations resulting from the Point Pleasant
Bridge collapse..

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Engineering and Design-Periodic inspection and continuing evaluation
of completed civil works structures..

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Gray, Nomer, chairman, Committee on Professional Practice, American
Society of Civil Engineers, comments on Informational Guide for In-
spection of Highway Bridges of the Bureau of Public Roads_-
Johnson, Alfred E., executive director, American Association of State
Highway officials, response to submitted questions___

Masters, Frank, Jr., Consulting Engineers Council, comment on Infor-

mational Guide for Inspection of Highway Bridges of the Bureau of

Public Roads .......

President's Task Force on Bridge Safety-Committee 3, National Study

to Assure Bridge Safety, Lowell K. Bridwell, Federal Highway Ad-

ministrator, Chairman-An Informational Guide for Inspection of

Highway Bridges..

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Randolph, Jennings, a U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia,
remarks delivered before the 10th Annual Meeting of the Interstate
Conference on Water Problems, Denver, Colo___.
Transportation Department:

Description of major bridge failures which have occurred in the past
25 years---

Estimate of bridges on the Federal system apart from the Interstate
System....

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Information as to the additional stresses placed upon bridges by an increase of load limits..

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Maintenance inspection cycles established by BPR Division Offices in accordance with PPM 21-11.1, table_..

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June 27, 1960-

Policy and procedure memorandums 21-11.1:
March 31, 1958.

(2) August 22, 1961.

Research information on highway construction, modernization, development design maintenance, safety, financing, and traffic conditions__

Woodbury, Brig. Gen. H. G., Director of Civil Works, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army..

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