FHWA Proposes Major Rewrite of Bridge Inspection Regulation
The Federal Highway Administration, under a congressional mandate, has proposed a revamp of its standards for bridge inspections and for those who evaluate the bridges in the field. It is the first rewrite of the federal inspection regulations in 10 years.
The governing term for the proposed regulatory rewrite, published in the Federal Register on Nov. 12, is a “risk-based” approach to inspections. That directive was contained in the 2012 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, or MAP-21.