Center for the Aging Infrastructure: Steel Bridge Research, Inspection, Training and Education Engineering Center - SBRITE (Continuation)
The objective of the proposal is to request a continuation of SPR-5(281) the Steel Bridge Research, Inspection, Training, and Education Engineering Center (S-BRITE Engineering Center) focused on existing steel highway bridges. This National Center when initially proposed in 2013, has become a national Center leading education, training, research, and engineering benefitting the existing aging steel bridge and structure inventory. Over the life of the project, ten (10) states, the US Army Corps, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have provided support through TPF-5(281) and continue to do so. Current funding is very strong and partner states continue to be added. Although the Center has been focused on highway bridges, it will also support stakeholders of steel railroad bridges as well as steel ancillary structures, such as lighting towers and sign supports. As a result, in-kind support from the railway industry has been strong as well. The Center has contributed to improved asset management decisions for DOTs, FHWA, and other partners relative to existing steel bridge inventory. However, since the existing TPF-5(281) needs to sunset per FHWA guidelines, the Research Team, and the current active partners are requesting a continuation of this pooled fund study, albeit under a different TPF number. The original project objectives and deliverables remain unchanged. Nevertheless, a summary of the Center is presented below.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Programmed
- Funding: $2694000
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Contract Numbers:
TPF-5(486)
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590Idaho Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 7129
3311 W. State Street
Boise, ID United States 83707-1129Illinois Department of Transportation
2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL United States 62764Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA United States 50010Kansas Department of Transportation
Eisenhower State Office Building
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, KS United States 66603-3754Michigan Department of Transportation
Van Wagoner Building
425 W. Ottawa Street
Lansing, MI United States 48909Minnesota Department of Transportation
Transportation Building
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155Montana Department of Transportation
2701 Prospect Avenue
P.O. Box 201001
Helena, MT United States 59620-1001Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Keystone Building
400 North Street
Harrisburg, PA United States 17120South Dakota Department of Transportation
700 East Broadway Avenue
Pierre, SD United States 57501Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483Utah Department of Transportation
4501 South 2700 West
Project Development
Salt Lake City, UT United States 84114-8380Wisconsin Department of Transportation
PO Box 7910
4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 104
Madison, WI United States 53707-7910Arkansas Department of Transportation
Little Rock, AR United StatesNorth Carolina Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 25201
1 South Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC United States 27611New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY United States 12232Alaska Department of Transportation
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Managing Organizations:
Indiana Department of Transportation
1101 State Office Building
Indianapolis, IN United States 46204 -
Project Managers:
Rearick, Anne
- Start Date: 20231030
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asset management; Bridge engineering; Education and training; Engineers; Highway bridges; Infrastructure; Inspection; Railroad bridges; Steel bridges; Steel structures; Transportation careers
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01788167
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Contract Numbers: TPF-5(486)
- Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Nov 17 2021 2:16PM