
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
The weathering steel bridges maintenance practice in Poland
M. Łagoda & T. Wierzbicki
Road and Bridge Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
ABSTRACT: The weathering steel was quite often used for constructing bridges in Poland in the past.The main
weathering steel bridges volume origins from the eighties of the last century. These structures are made from
original Polish steel 12HNNbA. Some aspects of weathering steel itself and its history of invention are presented.
During the service life some