Bridge construction inspection is a critical component in fulfilling the mission of state departments of transportation (DOTs) and the FHWA to deliver high-performing transportation systems that ...

U.S. Army garrison installation bridge managers and inspectors recently graduated from the Installation Management Command (IMCOM) safety inspection of in-service bridges course November 4 at Fort ...

Like an X-ray is used to see inside the human body, non-destructive testing (NDT) can be a powerful and effective means of understanding a bridge’s structural integrity without damaging the ...

Bridge inspectors from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation have safety inspections procedures that go beyond federal standards, but they don’t always follow their own rules, according to ...

The rising traffic density and heavier loads on the city’s vast network of bridges and highways have posed challenges to establishing an efficient and reliable inspection system for road safety.

This chapter documents findings obtained from the literature review. The purpose of this chapter is to establish the foundation and framework for the results presented in Chapters 3 and 4, which ...