When It Comes To Highway Bridge Inspections, Bridge Size Matters
They take place almost every day somewhere across the country. Highway bridge inspections, that is. But the truth is that most of us never see them happen. That’s a bit different when the traffic across a bridge or overpass that we travel on our way to work is closed....
The Reason That Routine Bridge Inspections Are Never ‘Routine’
For those who work in the industry of inspecting highway bridges or repairing and maintaining them, the work can seem somewhat insignificant. For many, bridge inspections have been conducted since long before they were even born. But that wasn’t always the case, nor...
Under Bridge Platform Equipment Isn’t Just For Inspections
No one in the highway bridge construction, inspection, or maintenance industries would argue that bridge inspections are absolutely essential and critical. They would also agree that these inspections are instrumental for ensuring and preserving the safety and...
Conducting Highway Bridge Inspections: Types And Tools
Across the United States, state DOTs, engineers, and other contractors are busy working on highway bridges. This work entails routine maintenance, repairs, and even rehabilitation in many cases. And then there are the highway bridge inspections. With more than...
Not All Bridge Inspection And Repair Are For Large Bridges
It’s not news to anyone working with or on highway bridges that there’s much work to be done. In addition to routine inspections for the more than 610,000 highway bridges across the country, there are necessary maintenance and upkeep tasks that must be done. And...
Bridge Inspections: The Need For Under Bridge Access Equipment
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...
The Changing State of Highway Bridge Inspections In The U.S.
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...
Under Bridge Platforms For Quality Bridge Inspection Equipment
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...
Pro Crane: Under Bridge 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...
Why Partnering With Under Bridge Platforms Is A Winning Strategy
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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