FHWA Long-Term Bridge Performance Program

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has launched a major new strategic initiative designated as a flagship research project, "The Long Term Bridge Performance Program (LTBP Program )". Authorization of the program was included in legislation for surface transportation programs enacted by the U.S. Congress in 2005: The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The LTBP Program is intended to be a 20-year undertaking, with the global objective of collecting scientific quality data from the nation's highway bridges, as representing critical node-points of the highway transportation network. The LTBP program includes detailed inspection, periodic evaluation and testing, monitoring, and forensic investigation of representative samples of bridges nationwide. The program will deliver a high-quality quantitative database for highway bridges that will provide greater knowledge about bridge performance and degradation, support better design methods and performance predictive models, and support advanced management decision-making tools.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $25000000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTFH61-08-C-00005

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Project Managers:

  Ghasemi, Hamid

• Performing Organizations:

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Rd
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058
• Principal Investigators:

  Maher, Ali

• Start Date: 20080104
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130104
• Source Data: RiP Project 22384

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge management systems; Data collection; Decision making; Highway bridges; Monitoring; Preservation; Quantitative analysis; Research projects
• Identifier Terms: Long-Term Bridge Performance Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge maintenance
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01462080
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-08-C-00005
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:57PM