Equipment of the Bridge Inspector

 Hello Everyone !!

Bridges are key elements of the Railway network because of their strategic location and the dangerous consequences when they fail or when their capacity is impaired. The fundamental justification for a bridge inspection program lies in the assurance of safety.

Timely and economic planning and programming of remedial and preventive maintenance and repair work, or even bridge replacement with the minimum interruption to traffic are dependent upon detailed bridge inspection. It is particularly necessary in case of old bridges not designed to modern loading standards and also whose materials of construction have deteriorated as a result of weathering.

Inspection is aimed at identifying and quantifying deterioration, which may be caused by applied loads and factors such as deadload, live load, wind load and physical/chemical influences exerted by the environment. 

Apart from inspection of bridge damage caused by unpredictable natural phenomena or collision by vehicles or vessels, inspection is also needed to identify or follow up the effect of any built-in imperfections. Inspection can also help to increase life of older bridges.

Inspector Equipment Kit : [Handbook on Inspection of Bridges (Govt of India)] [1997] (Pg #43-44)

Measuring tape (5-m), steel tape (30-m), steel scale (15-m), plumb bob, straight-edge, feeler gauge set, logline, calipers, nylon cord, thermometer, Elco meter, crack-meter, hammers, SD, center-punch, wire brush, mirror, mag. glass, flashlight, paint & brush, chalk, paint-pen, pencil.


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