Research for AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways. Task 397. Characteristics of Decommissioned Bridges

Bridge preservation activities have focused on the service life extension of bridge components or protection systems that extend the useful life of bridges. National efforts are underway to look at materials, design and construction practices to extend the useful life of bridges toward an elusive 100 year mark. Informal research done by the Transportation Research Board Bridge Preservation Committee (AHD037) using 20 years of National Bridge Inventory data for all states in the United States indicates that the majority of bridge replacements may not be driven by the condition of the bridge. If the majority of bridges are not being replaced due to condition, then what is driving bridges to be taken out of service? Are bridge preservation efforts appropriately focused on the true factors that are leading to the premature replacement of bridges? Understanding what is causing bridges to be decommissioned will allow bridge managers to better adapt practices to achieve the maximum possible service life. The objective of this research project was to determine the driving causes of bridge decommissioning in the United States.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4229
• Supplemental Notes:
  • The final report prepared under NCHRP Project 20-07/Task 397 is available for download at the Record URL.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-07, Task 397

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Dekelbab, Waseem

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University

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• Principal Investigators:

  Bektas, Basak

• Start Date: 20170221
• Expected Completion Date: 20180630
• Actual Completion Date: 20180630
• Source Data: RiP Project 41542

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Highway bridges; Rehabilitation (Maintenance); Service life; State departments of transportation; Structural deterioration and defects; Surveys
• Identifier Terms: National Bridge Inventory
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01631591
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-07, Task 397
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 31 2017 10:20AM