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... 4 1.1 Problem Statement and Research Objective The adoption of the first fracture control plan (FCP) in 1978, as the structural engineering community's response to the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, resulted in the first specification targeting design for fatigue and fracture in steel bridges (AASHTO 1978)
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... 5 In 2012, the FHWA issued a memorandum that re-stated and clarified the definition, fabrication, and inspection requirements for FCMs (Lwin 2012)

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