Current levels of available resources to maintain and preserve the Pennsylvania short-line railroad bridge infrastructure require that important priority decisions be made on an annual basis. The primary objective of the study was to establish a reliable database of Pennsylvania SLRR bridges and to develop a risk-based bridge prioritization algorithm. A bridge survey of Pennsylvania short-line railroad owners and operators was conducted to develop a bridge database that would be as complete and accurate as possible given the available time and resources. The proposed algorithm provides a tool for PennDOT to use in making more effective maintenance and preservation resource allocation decisions for these structures. The study consisted of a literature review, bridge survey, database update, bridge sample, assessment of the current overall SLRR bridge population, and a risk-based prioritization algorithm.


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    Title :

    Condition Assessment of Short-Line Railroad Bridges in Pennsylvania


    Contributors:
    J. A. Laman (author) / R. C. Guyer (author)

    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    426 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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