Rebar and the Alvord Lake Bridge
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The Future of Reinforced Concrete
The clock is ticking for most of the reinforced concrete infrastructure that was put up in the middle of the 20th century. Modern reinforced concrete frames encased inside of a building superstructure with normal maintenance will last a lot, lot longer. So don't worry, the tallest tower in the world and the tallest reinforced concrete structure are not coming down anytime soon.
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