Bridge Asset Management Collection

There are more than 617,000 bridges across the United States. Currently, 42% of all bridges are at least 50 years old, and 46,154, or 7.5% of the nation’s bridges, are considered structurally deficient, meaning they are in “poor” condition. With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the opportunity exists to invest in much needed bridge repairs and rehabilitation. These selected papers will assist all stakeholders, including state Departments of Transportation (DOTs), in asset management and prioritization of bridge maintenance projects to maximize use of this funding.

This collection is curated by Dan M. Frangopol, Dist.M.ASCE, Lehigh University, and Sriram Narasimhan, Ph.D., P.Eng (Ontario), M.ASCE, University of California, Los Angeles.


SIIA EXCEL 2023 Award winner

This Collection includes:

Network-level Risk-based Framework for Optimal Bridge Adaptation Management Considering Scour and Climate Change
Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Bridge Load Testing: State-of-the-Practice
Journal of Bridge Engineering

Integrating the Risk of Climate Change into Transportation Asset Management to Support Bridge Network-Level Decision-Making
Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Determining Target Reliability Index of Structures based on Cost Optimization and Acceptance Criteria for Fatality
ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering

A Decision-Making Framework for Load Rating Planning of Aging Bridges Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Investigation of the Effects of Time Preference and Risk Perception on Life-cycle Management of Civil Infrastructure
ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering

Condition-Based Multiobjective Maintenance Decision Making for Highway Bridges Considering Risk Perceptions
Journal of Structural Engineering

I-78 Bridge over Schuylkill River, Industrial Drive, and RBMN Railroad, Hamburg, PA: Bridge Replacement vs. Rehabilitation of Approach Spans
Structures Congress 2020

Life-Cycle Performance of Infrastructure Networks
Chapter 3 from Life-Cycle Design, Assessment, and Maintenance of Structures and Infrastructure Systems

Bridge Information Modeling for Inspection and Evaluation
Journal of Bridge Engineering

Experimental Evaluation of Unmanned Aerial System for Measuring Bridge Movement
Journal of Bridge Engineering

Network Analytics for Infrastructure Asset Management Systemic Risk Assessment
Journal of Infrastructure Systems

A State-of-the-Art Review of Bridge Inspection Planning: Current Situation and Future Needs
Journal of Bridge Engineering


Additional Resources

ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Implementation Resource Center