by Jon Sooy | 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 Jon Sooy | Jun 30, 2022 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers
As we’ve noted here in previous posts, bridge riggers and rigging equipment can include a variety of items. In addition, bridge inspections can involve a variety of different bridge types. One of the most common types are railroad bridges. Critical Structures With a...
by Jon Sooy | Jun 14, 2022 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance
When it comes to bridge inspection equipment, the variety of underbridge inspection units can be somewhat overwhelming. Not only is there a wide range of different types of machinery available, but among these types, there is a large range of sizes to choose from....
by Jon Sooy | May 30, 2022 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Snooper Truck
Routine bridge inspections are nothing new to anyone in the field today. But, relative to the history of highway bridges even just in the United States, they are a recent innovation. Prior to 1968, a mere 54 years ago, federally mandated and regulated highway bridge...
by Jon Sooy | Mar 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Bridges sometimes fail. But the vast majority of highway bridges throughout the United States have not failed – nor are likely to. And it is largely due to both the engineering and the construction of these bridges, as well as the routine inspections and...
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