Real-time Continuous Bridge Scour Monitoring for Improved Safety and Cost Savings

Current Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) methods for monitoring bridge scour are time-consuming, labor intensive, not always accurate, very dangerous to perform during extreme storm events, and unrealistic to apply to all of the scour critical bridges. Development of a deployable remote real-time monitoring system could alleviate these issues as well as provide an early warning system for Region and District personnel. This project will (1) develop methods for identifying scour early and safely using deployable automated Real-Time Scour monitoring systems, (2) use data collected to improve bridge design, and (3) provide a planning matrix to address the scour critical bridge inventory with this advanced real-time technology.

    Language

    • English

    Project

    • Status: Active
    • Contract Numbers:

      SPR 859

    • Sponsor Organizations:

      Federal Highway Administration

      1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
      Washington, DC  United States  20590
    • Managing Organizations:

      Oregon Department of Transportation

      355 Capital St NE MS42
      Salem, Oregon  United States  97301
    • Project Managers:

      Glover-Cutter, Kira

    • Performing Organizations:

      United States Geological Survey

      P.O. Box 6200-27
      Portland, OR  United States  97228-6200

      Oregon State University, Corvallis

      Department of Civil Engineering
      202 Apperson Hall
      Corvallis, OR  United States  97331-2302
    • Principal Investigators:

      Lind, Greg

      Stonewall, Adam

    • Start Date: 20221001
    • Expected Completion Date: 20270930
    • Actual Completion Date: 0

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    Filing Info

    • Accession Number: 01963893
    • Record Type: Research project
    • Source Agency: Oregon Department of Transportation
    • Contract Numbers: SPR 859
    • Files: RIP, STATEDOT
    • Created Date: Aug 22 2025 2:19PM