From Canada to the Southeast United States, more transportation agencies are turning to hot dip galvanized (HDG) reinforcing steel because of its proven durability during fabrication and installation, 100-year design life due to a robust coating, and superior life-cycle costs.
A February 2021 case alert appearing in Roads & Bridges describes how the Ministry of Transportation Quebec and South Carolina DOT specified HDG ASTM A767 Class 1 reinforcement for the construction of new bridge structures in their respective province and state.