by Jon Sooy | Feb 26, 2021 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance
As recently as 2017, the United States had over 615,000 bridges and close to 40 percent of these have been around for 50 years or more. In addition, in 2016, at least 56,000 of these bridges were labeled as “structurally deficient.” The disturbing fact was that as...
by Jon Sooy | Feb 2, 2021 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance
Snooper trucks and boom lifts are not all created equal. Technically speaking, most boom lifts aren’t really Snooper trucks anyway. While the name has stuck over the decades to refer to most any under bridge inspection boom lift vehicle, it’s actually a registered...
by Jon Sooy | Jan 14, 2021 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance
Mandatory bridge inspections have been required on a federal level since 1970. That was when the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 was created. This landmark legislation was enacted on December 31, 1970, and for the first time in U.S. history, established uniform,...
by Jon Sooy | Jun 16, 2020 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Snooper Truck
Bridge inspections are regulated by both federal and state guidelines in the United States and the state’s regulations can vary significantly. Federal regulations for bridge inspections, on the other hand, are documented in the National Bridge Inventory Standards...
by Jon Sooy | May 28, 2020 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Snooper Truck
“A rose by any other name…” One of the interesting aspects of bridge inspection platform vehicles is that they go by a wide variety of names. For example, we’ve previously noted that the common term of “Snooper” truck is actually a trademarked brand name that...
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