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  1. Bridge safety inspection is required by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and State policy. Inspection procedures and requirements are detailed in the NBIS in Title 23 (Highways) of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 650, Subpart C and in the latest Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Informational & Instructional Memorandum ...

  2. Structure and Bridge – District. Each District Structure and Bridge Section shall maintain an organization that will inspect, or cause to be inspected, all structures defined in this memorandum as NBI or VDOT maintained Non-NBI structures. Where an NBI structure crosses a boundary between.

  3. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is responsible for the inventory and inspection of 20,988 structures (bridges and culverts) across all of the Commonwealth’s roadway systems. Of these structures 13,383 are part of the National Bridge Inventory (NBI).

  4. What are “Deck”, “Sup”, “Sub”, and “Culvert” ratings? These are condition ratings for bridges and culverts. According to the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS), condition ratings are used to describe an existing bridge or culvert compared with its condition if it were new.

  5. The RAP must be comprised of not less than four people, at least two of which are professional engineers, with collective knowledge in bridge design, evaluation, inspection, maintenance, materials, and construction, and include the NBIS program manager.

  6. The National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) are the standards established over the safety inspections of highway bridges on public roads throughout the United States. The U.S. Congress originally required the Secretary of Transportation to establish these standards in 1968.

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  8. Dec 14, 2004 · Q307-3 Who is responsible for the inspection of city and county owned bridges? (listed 6/21/05) A307-3 Under the NBIS, FHWA holds the State responsible for the inspection of public highway bridges within the State, with the exception for those that are federally or tribally owned. Delegation of the NBIS functions to counties or cities is a ...

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