 | To identify the procedures and documentation required to inspect and
assess the condition of in-service highway structures, for example
bridges, earth retaining walls, tunnels and culverts. |
| To extend knowledge on the bridge condition and safety assessment
procedures presently used throughout Europe. |
| To investigate parameters that influence structural assessment. |
| To elaborate procedures or methods to provide information for efficient
and easy-to-use analyses:
 | to establish relationships between the condition of the structure (based on
site-specific detailed investigation) and the reduced carrying capacity due to
deterioration of the structure; known relations between these two parameters could
considerably decrease the uncertainties about the carrying capacity
and thus increase the calculated safety levels. |
| to apply site-specific load traffic models, including the
special rating loading schemes and the weigh-in-motion measurements, |
| to assess the true carrying capacity based on load testing, |
| to assess structural parameters in case of controlled
extreme loads (special transports). |
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| To develop recommendations for collection of the field data
needed for bridge assessment. |
| To prepare guidelines for the evaluation of safety of existing bridges. |
