This report documents the results of an FRA-sponsored study to assess techniques and technology for automatic monitoring of railroad bridge integrity for the purpose of reducing the number of bridge-related train accidents. The study focused on the following: Quantifying the risk of bridge-related accidents. Surveying technologies that may be applied to reduce risk. Preliminary evaluation of the costs of railroad bridge integrity monitoring.


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    Title :

    Overview of Railroad Bridges and Assessment of Methods to Monitor Railroad Bridge Integrity


    Contributors:
    B. Mee (author) / B. McCown (author) / G. A. Davids (author) / B. Nejikovsky (author) / K. Cotton (author)

    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    154 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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