by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance
The minimum height for highway overpasses and bridges in the United States is 14 to 16 feet. When it comes to bridge inspections for these typical structures, particularly large capacity under bridge inspections units are not usually required. Other bridges, such as...
by admin | Aug 15, 2021 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance
It’s not uncommon to hear workers in the field or on job sites refer to various types of boom lifts and aerial bucket lift vehicles as “cherry pickers.” However, not only is the term a bit misleading, but it is also wholly inadequate to describe the wide variety of...
by Jon Sooy | May 15, 2021 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers
As every bridge inspector and DOT employees knows, highway bridges throughout the United States over 20 feet in length must be inspected. While the NBIS requires safety bridge inspections at least once every 24 months for highway bridges, some states have more...
by admin | Apr 30, 2021 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers, Snooper Truck
Some anniversaries are both celebratory and somber. On April 27th of this year, the national bridge inspection program, which has been at the core of highway bridge safety, was recognized for its 50th anniversary. The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) program...
by admin | Apr 15, 2021 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers, Snooper Truck
There were over 616,000 bridges in the United States as of 2019. And of these, more than 47,000 bridges were in poor condition and in need of urgent repairs, according to a report issued by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association in 2017. The...
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...
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