A REVIEW ON CONDITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF BRIDGE STRUCTURES

Recently a bridge on Savitri River Mumbai-Goa Highway near Mahad, about 170 km from Mumbai collapsed due to heavy rain and flood which was built in British era. The age of bridge is approx 100 years.  Similar examples have been seen around which result in heavy loss of lives and public property. As a structural Engineer it is a need of the hour to maintain existing structure with rehabilitation and strengthening as per the requirement for safety. This paper reviews the literature of various approaches for condition / damage assessment of structures. Damage assessment initiates to adopt the most efficient approaches to ensure the most effective method. In this paper an attempt for selection of methods for condition assessment of bridge structures.