NTL Record

Title	Reliability of Visual Inspection for Highway Bridges, Volume I: Final Report
Record ID	11133
Personal Name Creator	Moore, M.; Phares, Brent M.; Graybeal, B.; Rolander, D.; Washer, G.
Corporate Creator	Wiss, Janney, Elstner, and Associates
Publisher	Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Publication Date	20010600
Language	English
Abstract	This technical summary announces the findings of an investigation by the Federal Highway Administrations Nondestructive Evaluation Validation Center (NDEVC) concerning the reliability of Visual Inspection for highway bridges. Details and results are fully docu-mented in a two-volume final report entitled Reliability of Visual In-spection for Highway Bridges (Publication Nos. FHWA-RD-01-020 and FHWA-RD-01-021). To obtain a copy of the report, ordering in-formation is included on the last page of this summary. The study had four specific objectives. Visual Inspection is a primary component of both Routine and In-Depth Inspections and, therefore, the first two objectives were to provide overall measures of the accuracy and reliability of Routine and In-Depth Inspections. The third objective was to study the influence of several key factors to provide a qualitative measure of their influence on the reliability of Routine and In-Depth Inspections. The fourth objective was to study the differences between State inspection procedures and reports.
Rosap ID	dot:33883
Rosap URL	https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33883
TRT Terms	Highway bridges; Reliability; Inspection; Accuracy; Nondestructive tests
General Subjects	Visual inspections Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance
Geographical Coverage	United States
OCLC	N/A
TRIS Online Accession No	00812552
Report Number	FHWA-RD-01-105
Resource type	Research Paper
URL	https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/11000/11100/11133/reliability_visual_insp_01020.pdf
Format	PDF
Database	NTL Digital Repository