by admin | 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 admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers
There was a time in many places on the globe when the term “bridge rigger” was applied to the brave and steel-nerved men (Yes, just men…) who worked on bridges in some of the world’s most spectacular sites. Bridge riggers were renowned for their seemingly fearless...
by admin | Apr 28, 2020 | Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers
“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...
by admin | Feb 28, 2020 | Boom Lift, Bridge Inspection, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Riggers
If you’re already involved in the industry of bridge inspection, maintenance and repair you probably know the story: more than 47,000 bridges are in need of major repairs. And that’s less than eight percent of the 616,096 bridges in all the 50 states, Guam and Puerto...
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