Fatigue assessment of existing bridges is often carried out through simple calculations where the nominalstress range is compared with the fatigue strength based on a number of detail categories specified incodes. Presented in this paper, is the stepwise fatigue assessment through measurements of the 60 yearold bridge over Rautasjokk located in northern Sweden. According to the code‐based assessment of thestringers, it has already exceeded its lifetime about four times; however no cracks have been identified. Bymeasuring strains the real state of stress was identified, where both nominal stresses and local approacheshave been evaluated and compared. Even though the local approach should provide a better accuracy incomparison with the nominal stresses, this approach was only favorable for one out of the three studiedlocations.
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