In 1977, the suspension span had a 3 I. wide slurry seal placed on the edge of the. deck from the pipe curb on both sides of the. bridge. This slurry seal held up well, but was. not in the traffic area so a real test was. not conducted.
Just like the hip and the knee, the facet joints can also become arthritic and painful, and they can be a source of back pain. The pain and discomfort that is caused by degeneration and arthritis of this part of the spine is called facet arthropathy, which simply means a disease or abnormality of the facet joints.he ICD-9 code for lumbar facet arthropathy is 721.3. Lumbar facet  arthropathy is a degenerative condition of the lumbar facet joints  in the spine which shows arthritic ch â¦ anges.
âCervical (facet) joint pain is common among patients with chronic neck pain after whiplashâ¦ and has proven to be of major clinical importanceâ[5] Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD, DSc, FAFRM Due to the S-shape deformation of the cervical spine on impact, the facet joints are severely compressed causing damage to the articular cartilage surface. This results in predictable pain patterns that are readily identified on physical examination. The pattern of pain from an injured facet joint has been referred to as âSclerotomalâ pain.