Long-Term Bridge Performance Program

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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Long-Term Bridge Performance Program TRB Session Summary

A workshop was held on January 15, 2009, at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 88^th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, to provide the bridge engineering community with an overview of the Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) program activities since April 2008. [More]

Pilot Study

A pilot study will be carried out in the spring of 2009 to validate protocols for data collection and management, to ensure all necessary arrangements are made with bridge owners for accessing bridges, and to make certain that all of the components needed to achieve the long-term objectives of the LTBP Program are specified before initiating the study on the large population of bridges nationwide. Seven bridges will be selected for the pilot study, based on protocols developed in Tasks 1.2 and 1.5.