Purpose–A bridge network is a major capital asset that requires continuing investment in
order to maintain the network within acceptable limits of safety and serviceability. Ranking …

The managers of the US transportation infrastructure face the challenge of restoring the
aging highway infrastructure system and making it perform more reliably, safely and …

Bridge management is the decision‐making process for selecting and prioritizing the actions
necessary to maintain a bridge within acceptable limits of safety and serviceability. The …

In bridge management systems, multi-objective decision-making has emerged as a decision
support technique to integrate various technical information and stakeholder values …

Decision makers in the transportation industry search for a systematic approach to select an
appropriate structural system, construction method, and material for bridges. Simple …

Due to substantial role of bridges in transportation networks and in accordance with the
limited funding for bridge management, remediation strategies have to be prioritised. A …

This paper introduces a newly developed decision support model for allocating a budget for
bridge maintenance. The model is built based on capturing the experts' knowledge for the …

The maintenance of bridges as a key element in transportation infrastructure has become a
major concern due to increasing traffic volumes, deterioration of existing bridges and well …

Existing old bridges in most countries were designed for less traffic and are inadequate to
carry current-day traffic and satisfy the present codal provisions. Even for newer bridges …

Prioritization of transportation projects, a process of selecting projects for funding given
multiple constraints, is cumbersome and time-consuming. This study presents a simplified …