Framework for a National Database System for Maintenance Actions on Highway Bridges

Book excerpt: TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 668: Framework for a National Database System for Maintenance Actions on Highway Bridges explores a potential framework that provides a uniform format for collecting, reporting, and storing information on bridge maintenance actions for inclusion in a national bridge maintenance database. Appendixes A through E to NCHRP Report 668 provide detailed information on the different aspects of the research. Appendix A: Information on Bridge Maintenance Programs; Appendix B: National Bridge Maintenance Database Tables; Appendix C: List of Element Level Costs of Maintenance Actions; Appendix D: Examples of National Bridge Maintenance Database Uses; Appendix E: Other National Bridge Maintenance Database Tables--