INDIANA'S APPROACH TO A BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) through a Joint Highway Research Project at Purdue University initiated the development of a bridge management system with the following six objectives: (1) Development of a method to better use the existing bridge inspection data as required by the Naitonal Bridge Inventory (NBI) requirements in the selection of bridges for maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement; (2) Development of a method to provide consistent and statewide uniform measurements for rating bridges; (3) Analysis of bridge maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement costs, and analysis of relationships between bridge attributes and costs; (4) Development of a method to estimate remaining service life of bridges and effects of bridge activities on condition rating and service life; (5) Development of a bridge traffic evaluation scheme that relates physical characteristics of a bridge structure to accident potential; and (6) Development of a project selection procedure using life cycle cost analysis, ranking, and optimization. This paper describes how these six objectives have been met and incorporated into a software package including a users manual. INDOT is currently in the implementation stage, testing the complete system and finalizing the users manual.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Woods, R E
• Conference:
  • 7TH CONFERENCE ON BRIDGE MANAGEMENT - PREPRINTS
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Bridge management systems; Bridges; Costs; Crash risk forecasting; Data analysis; Development; Driver rehabilitation; Estimating; Implementation; Life cycle costing; Maintenance; Mathematical analysis; Optimization; Risk assessment; Service life; Software; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge maintenance; Cost analysis; Rehabilitation
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00636347
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Preprint Number 13
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 15 1993 12:00AM