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

摘要

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.