Blast-Resistant Highway Bridges: Design and Detailing Guidelines (2010) / Chapter Skim
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41.1 Overview The events of September 11, 2001, dramatically illustrated the catastrophic damage that terrorists can inflict on our civil structures. The attacks against the World Trade Center and Pentagon, unfortunately, were not isolated incidences of terrorist actions taken against U.S.
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51.2 Background and History In order to develop an appreciation of the extent to which terrorists have targeted U.S. assets, it is helpful to review some previous incidents.
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6November 1, 2001, Governor Gray Davis held a press conference to announce that California had received intelligence that several of the state's bridges were threatened to be destroyed between November 2 and November 7. In response, security around the threatened bridges was substantially increased by assigning National Guard troops to protect the bridges.
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1.3 Research Approach The information included in this report summarizes the work completed for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program's (NCHRP) Project 12-72.
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