AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) and NBI (National Bridge Inventory) Element Deterioration Rates for Bridge Management System

Overview

The purpose of this study is to develop and implement an analytical framework to calculate deterioration rates for bridges and large culverts based AASHTO-Element inspection data as well as NBI data and demonstrate the application of the approach through currently available inspection data.  This analytical approach will be applied to generate deterioration rates for NYS bridges based on, but not limited to climate and/or geographical location, DOT Region, bridge ownership, material types, design types, and bridge types.  The outcome of the research will be further implemented in the AASHTO BrM and the Agile Assets Structures Manager and Bridge Analyst.

The image of a bridge, in good condition.
A computer with graphs and charts, meant to represent big data.

Research Objectives

The purpose of this study is to develop and implement an analytical framework to calculate deterioration rates for bridges and large culverts based AASHTO-Element inspection data as well as NBI data and demonstrate the application of the approach through currently available inspection data.  This analytical approach will be applied to generate deterioration rates for NYS bridges based on, but not limited to climate and/or geographical location, DOT Region, bridge ownership, material types, design types, and bridge types.  The outcome of the research will be further implemented in the AASHTO BrM and the Agile Assets Structures Manager and Bridge Analyst.

Personnel

Anil K. Agrawal

Affiliated Researcher, CCNY

Anil K. Agrawal is the Principal Investigator on this project.

Hani Nassif

Associate Director, C2SMART Professor, Rutgers

Hani Nassif is a Co-Principal Investigator on this project.

Mahdieh Allahviranloo

Assistant Professor, CCNY

Mahdieh Allahviranloo is a Co-Principal Investigator on this project.

Peng Lou

Affiliated Researcher, Rutgers

Peng Lou is a Researcher on this project.

Chan Yang

Researcher, Rutgers

Chan Yang is a Researcher on this project.

John Petinos

Project Manager, C2SMART

John Petinos is a Project Manager on this project.

Chaekuk Na

Affiliated Researcher, Rutgers

Chaekuk Na is a Researcher on this project.

Deepak Kumar

Researcher, CCNY

Deepak Kumar is a Researcher on this project.