Minnesota Department of Transportation

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Bridges and Structures

Design, construction and maintenance resources

Do It Right! Lessons from the field not to be repeated

Special surface finish

Special surface finish
  • Looks like they are giving us the new “camouflage” special surface finish!
Special surface finish
  • Historic Photograph—It is no longer allowed to spray paint or cementitious coatings over the water without some kind of containment.
Special surface finish
  • Has the top of this wall been ground, rubbed, and sprayed with special surface finish — or has the bottom?
Special surface finish
  • A lot of people did a good job here — the formwork and rustication installed right, good concrete poured right, cured right, ground and rubbed right, even the first coat of SSF sprayed on right.
  • After one mistake, it looks like this...