Assessment testing Mizen Head Footbridge, Ireland Available to Purchase

Mizen Head Footbridge in County Cork, Ireland, is a reinforced concrete through-arch structure spanning 50 m. The structure is 95 years old and exhibits typical reinforced concrete defects of spalled concrete, cracking and staining from reinforcement corrosion. An inspection, geometrical survey and a series of material tests were carried out as part of an assessment of the bridge. Petrographic examination of samples removed from the structure gave confidence in the quality of the concrete in the structure. Determination of carbonation and chloride levels in the concrete identified future repair strategies for the structure.