Oregon Highway Bridge Maintenance Workshop
A team of bridge maintenance practitioners from ODOT and OACES prepared a two-day course titled, “Oregon Highway Bridge Maintenance Training”. The in person instruction and web-based self-guided instruction was geared toward the needs of Local Agency and DOT bridge maintenance workers and engineers. Course participants received information and training on multiple areas of concern about their bridges with detailed presentations of specific techniques, as well as an overview of maintenance issues throughout the two-day course. In-person training courses containing hands-on demonstrations of repair techniques are planned to be offered in March of odd-numbered years. The next course is scheduled for March 2021. Contact Holly Winston, ODOT for more information. Click on the toggles below to access presentation materials for the course that was presented in 2019.
1. Workshop Flyer
2. Introduction to Bridges: A Historical Perspective
3. Bridge Inspection Report
4. Galloping Gertie Tacoma Bridge (video)
5. Bridge Element Numbering / Bridge Mechanics
6. Safety
7. Over Height Vehicle Collision
8. Load Rating
9. Inspection Report and Maintenance Recommendations
10. Concrete Patching