Manual Notice: 2002-1
From: William R. Cox, P.E., Director, Bridge Division
Manual: Bridge Inspection Manual
Effective Date: July 01, 2002
Purpose
This manual provides guidance for bridge inspection personnel and helps ensure consistency in bridge inspection, rating, and evaluation. This revision updates procedures for changing on-system bridge load posting and for emergency on-system bridge load posting, adds a procedure for recommending off-system bridge closures, and updates references to electronic forms.
Instructions
Revisions are distributed online only. This 2002-1 version supersedes the 2001-1 version.
Changes
The manual contains eight chapters - Introduction; History of Bridge Inspection; Qualifications, Responsibilities, and Duties of Bridge Inspection Personnel; Field Inspection Requirements; Ratings and Load Posting; Routing and Permits; Bridge Programming; and Bridge Records. The manual also has three appendices.
Contact
For more information regarding any chapter or section in this manual, please contact the Field Operations Section of the Bridge Division.
Archives
Past manual notices are available in a pdf archive.