by admin | Oct 15, 2022 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers
With more than 220,000 U.S. bridges, 36 percent of them in need of repair work, and 79,500 needing to be replaced, bridge inspections, maintenance, and repair may be at an all-time high. In addition, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s...
by admin | Sep 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
State DOTs, engineers, contractors, and others have been regularly and routinely inspecting highway bridges in the United States for over 50 years. As the Federal Highway Administration has stated in their Highway History, “The modern highway bridge safety program...
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Bridge Maintenance, Under Bridge Platforms, Underbridge Platforms
They may call them “routine” bridge inspections, but there is often very little about inspecting highway bridges that can be called “routine.” There are few people who would say that being suspended 200 feet above a deep running river in a metal basket as a routine...
by admin | Jul 28, 2022 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Snooper Truck, Under Bridge Platforms, Underbridge Platforms
When Bridge Inspections Are Needed For Private Bridges In addition to the over 600,000 highway bridges located across the United States, there are scores of smaller, private bridges that must be inspected and repaired, as well. While the federal government does not...
by admin | Jul 14, 2022 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance
Quality tools and equipment can be expensive. No matter whether you’re looking at a high-end socket wrench set or a truck-mounted bridge inspection unit with a 66-foot long platform, the price can be prohibitive. Which is why, in many large-scale bridge construction,...
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