Emory Bryan, News On 6
Posted: Jan 19, 2011 9:07 PM
Updated: Jan 19, 2011 9:15 PM
TULSA, Oklahoma – The salt and sand trucks are out ready to treat bridges when the snow and ice comes, but what if bridges had something inside them to prevent them from freezing?
There is technology that does that.
Scientists have tried hot water and electric heat to make bridges less likely to freeze. Oklahoma State proved several years ago there is a system that works.
Jeff Spitler and his colleagues at Oklahoma State University built a geothermal "smart bridge" back in 2001. It melts snow and ice with hot water that's pumped through the bridge in the summer... FULL ARTICLE & WATCH VIDEO
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Wed, January 19, 2011
by John Cox