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Counties and cities own slightly more than half of the bridges on the National Bridge Inventory with the remainder being predominately owned by state departments of transportation. Counties and cities often face unique challenges and needs that make approaches taken by larger entities impractical. The State of Maryland also has a nearly even split between state and county or city ownership of its 5,000 bridges over 20 ft in length. A new integrated inspection and management software system is being adopted across the State of Maryland by many of these counties and cities: large and small, rural and urban, to meet their desires of better inspecting and managing their bridge inventories. The system is currently in use by the City of Baltimore and several of the state’s largest counties covering well over 2,000 structures that range in size from major 3,000-ft spans to simple spans and large culverts. The software is designed to provide more efficient and less error prone on-site collection and entry of inspection data. The counties rely on private consulting firms to perform their inspections. Through the end of 2007 a total of 12 different firms have utilized the software in counties and cities throughout the state. They have adopted an entirely new process, moving from a largely paper-based approach to an integrated electronic one. This new approach has allowed the counties and cities to improve their analysis and accuracy of inspection data compared to the past approaches. Through the software a wide array of new capabilities are now available to both the inspectors and local government owners.

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IBSMC08-012

English

pp 149-162

2008-10

Transportation Research Circular

Tenth International Conference on Bridge and Structure Management

Web

Figures (5) ; Photos (4) ; References (3) ; Tables (1)

Bridge management systems; Bridges; Cities; Counties; Culverts; Inspection; Inventory; Software

Data reporting

Baltimore (Maryland); Maryland

Bridges and other structures; Design; Freight Transportation; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

TRIS, TRB

Oct 30 2008 1:32PM

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