Rutgers/PB-Led Research Team Will Study Hundreds Of Bridges
A multidisciplinary team is set to begin surveying and inspecting 400 bridges across the U.S. in the first five-year phase of a Federal Highways Administration-funded Long-Term Bridge Performance program that aims to create a high-quality database on bridge performance.
Led by the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) and Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York City, the team eventually hopes to narrow the 400 bridges down to 20 for high-tech instrumentation and monitoring, says CAIT Director Ali Maher, the contract’s principal investigator.