Abstract
In the united states and canada, integrated bridge construction is becoming one of the bridge engineer's primary responses to joint-related bridge damage caused by the use of deicing chemicals and therestrained growth of rigid pavements. The relative success that hasbeen experienced with integral bridges--bridges without deck joints--is now being reflected not only in the increasing number of longerintegral bridges, but also in the integral conversion of existing jointed bridges. It appears that the initial success of such techniques would be an accelerated use of integrated conversion as an effective alternative to bridge joint rehabilitation. This paper appears in transportation research record no. 1275, Bridge research 1990.