Underbridge Inspection Unit: When You Need To Go Big – The HPT66
When you choose to rent an underbridge inspection unit you often have a variety of choices. And your choice of platform is usually determined by both the size and height of the bridge, and the equipment available to you. One of the most significant advantages of...
The State Of Bridge Inspection In The U.S.
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...
A Snooper Truck By Any Other Name
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...
Why The Need For Bridge Inspections
We use highway and railroad bridges extensively throughout the United States. In fact, at last count, there were more than 61,000 Class I railroad bridges in the United States, and at least 590,000 highway bridges. And almost all of them must be inspected...
Will Drones Replace Under Bridge Inspection Units?
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,...
Who Needs A Snooper Crane?
If you’re in the business of working on elevated structures you’ve probably used some type of aerial lift. And if you routinely do underbridge inspection and maintenance work, you’ve likely used a snooper crane to do it. The Venerable “Snooper” Crane What is often...
Under Bridge Inspection Truck Uses
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...
Bridge Inspection Platform Essentials
"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 has...
Snooper Truck Equipment Essentials
If you work with bridges, you’re probably quite familiar with the aerial boom lifts known as “snooper trucks.” What you may not know is that the term “snooper” is a brand name, not a generic reference to a certain type of vehicle. In 1964, the first SNOOPER®...
A Look At Bridge Boom Lifts For Underbridge Inspections
“There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.” H. G. Wells While some of us may well agree that simply because bridges are...
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