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In the scientific community there is an increasing attention to existing bridges. They usually suffer a marked structural deterioration due to a lack of maintenance although they belong to infrastructures serving an important amount of traffic. Therefore, there is the need of quickly evaluating the current state of these structures with the aim of promptly expressing a judgment about their usability.
In this paper, the results of a fast appraisal method applied to a territorial case study are illustrated and commented in order to define a list of priority and the related additional investigations, including in situ tests and numerical analyses with more refined models. The paper concludes highlighting the importance of applying this decision tool in order to manage huge and important road infrastructures in conjunction with the interested traffic, and to plan more refined investigations within a multi-level evaluation framework.
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Structural inspections were conducted in accordance with an agreement between University of Basilicata and Potenza Province for evaluating the current state of hydrogeological risk of Province roads and of its related structures.
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D’Amato, M., De Matteis, G. (2022). Application of a Simplified Load Rating Method for Scoring Existing Bridges: A Territorial Case Study in Basilicata. In: Pellegrino, C., Faleschini, F., Zanini, M.A., Matos, J.C., Casas, J.R., Strauss, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 1st Conference of the European Association on Quality Control of Bridges and Structures. EUROSTRUCT 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 200. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91877-4_49
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