Abstract: A joint effort between the Connecticut Department of Transportation and the University of Connecticut has been underway since 1984 to use different monitoring approaches in the assessment of the state's bridge infrastructure. ...

Abstract: This report demonstrates how short-term field monitoring can be used to evaluate bridges when problems occur. A portable strain monitoring system with software has been used to study four different bridges. Studies to ...

Abstract: Research has been carried out to evaluate the structural behavior and influence of aging on a century-old steel railroad truss bridge. The structure is located in Connecticut and services a large number of trains traveling ...

Abstract: This study provides the result of dynamic effects of self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) movements during a simulated bridge transport. Accelerometers were attached to an SPMT and different transport scenarios were ...