Fiber-reinforced polymers ~FRPs! possess excellent mechani-cal and physical properties that make them excellent candidates
for repair and retrofit of steel girder bridges. FRPs are made of
high strength filaments ~tensile strength in excess of 2 GPa! such
as glass, carbon, and kevlar placed in a resin matrix. Carbon
fiber-reinforced polymers ~CFRPs ! display outstanding mechani-cal properties, with typical tensile strength and modulus of elas-ticity of more than 1,200 MPa and 140 GPa, respectively. In
addition, the CFRP laminates weigh less than one fifth of the steel
and are corrosion resistant