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NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. — Axion International Holdings, Inc., producer of the world’s strongest recycled, composite plastic industrial building products, announced that a paper entitled “World’s First Thermoplastic Railroad Bridges” will be presented on Aug. 31 at this year’s American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) conference in Orlando, Fla. The paper, written by John Kim, Ph.D., of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Tom Nosker, Ph.D., of Rutgers University, and Vijay Chandra of Parsons Brinckerhoff, discusses the structural and economic advantages of Axion’s Recycled Structural Plastic Composite (RSPC) recycled plastic building material.

The paper explores and presents specific details about the successful installation of the nearly 100 percent recycled plastic railroad bridges at the Army Transportation Corps’ Ft. Eustis training facility in Virginia. Two bridges, one 38’ and the other 84’ in length, were completed this spring. The bridges were built to carry the Cooper E60 load and the 260 kips alternate live load.

Developed at Rutgers University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Axion’s RSPC is inert and contains no toxic materials. It will never leach or warp, and is impervious to insect infestation. In addition, RSPC is completely recyclable at the end of its functional life.

For more information, visit www.axionintl.com.