Feds Fund $25-million Study Of Nation’s ‘Workhorse’ Bridges - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
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Article Description| A multidisciplinary team is to begin surveying and inspecting 400 bridges across the U.S. in the first five-year, $25.5-million phase of a Federal Highways Administration-funded Long-Term Bridge Performance program to create a high-quality database on bridge performance. Led by the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) and Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York City, the team will eventually narrow 400 bridges down to 20 for high-tech instrumentation and monitoring in what will be a 20-year program, says CAIT Director Ali Maher, the contract’s principal investigator. The team will look at urban highway bridges less than 50 years old and over 20 ft long. It will not be looking at signature or large-scale bridges such as ... |
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