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BULLETIN OF THE NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages 253-270Publisher
NEW ZEALAND SOC EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, INC
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.50.2.253-270
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The transport infrastructure was majorly affected by the 14th November 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake. Severe vertical and horizontal peak ground accelerations generated high inertial forces, land-slides, and liquefaction. Most of the bridges in the Hurunui, Malborough and Kaikoura districts were critical nodes to the railway and road networks. In total, 904 road bridges across those districts were affected. Two reached the life safety limit state, suffering severe damage, however, most of the affected bridges experienced only minor to moderate damage. This paper describes the structural performance of the most severely damaged bridges based on observations made from site inspections. In addition to this, several performance issues have arisen from this event and are posed in this paper, hopefully to be addressed in the near future.
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