Development of Data Infrastructure for the Long Term Bridge Performance Program

The growth of the National Bridge Inventory database, the availability of new data from embedded sensors, in-situ tests and live load tests together with additional bridge related data, e.g. geospatial and weather data, represents an immense source of information helpful for a better understanding of bridge performance and deterioration. However, in order to efficiently exploit this overwhelming amount of information a new generation of data management and data analysis tools is needed. In this paper we describe an open, scalable, and extensible data management and data analysis infrastructure which will be established within the framework of the Long Term Bridge Performance Program (LTBP).