We kind of expect them to just be there and do their job, ad infinitum. They are built into the landscape, and we often take them and the routes …. How Bad Is That Bridge: A Government Database.
The reality, as any civil engineer will tell you, is that bridges are living, breathing things that require endless maintenance and monitoring to keep them safe, standing, and functional. A great example of this is found in the US Department of Transportation, and its publicly accessible register of bridge health reports. Stay Standing The thing about bridges is that we rely on them.
They serve as vital transport links in our communities, ferrying people to and from work and school, and acting as the very arteries of commerce as trucks and trains haul goods to and fro. When a bridge crossing has to close, either for maintenance or at end of life, this link is severed, often with serious economic and logistical impacts. For that reason, we tend to like to keep our bridges in service as long as possible.
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