TY - GEN
T1 - Post-earthquake bridge inspection guidelines for New York state
AU - O'Connor, J. S.
AU - Alampalli, S.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) employs a vulnerability based Bridge Safety Assurance program in addition to its Bridge Inspection program to enhance bridge safety. Even though the probability of moderate to high earthquake activity is very low in NYS, there is potential for seismic damage with serious consequences, especially in urban areas such as New York City. Thus, NYSDOT is taking steps to be prepared for this low probability, but high consequence scenario. Transportation agencies in west coast states such as California have experience with earthquake response but this knowledge is only partially transferable to the east coast. This is due to differences in prominent structure type, the age and connection details of bridges, the severity and footprint of shaking expected, and types of damage expected. Hence, NYSDOT has begun developing post-seismic bridge inspection procedures to ensure public safety and mobility immediately after a seismic event. This paper presents these developments.
AB - The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) employs a vulnerability based Bridge Safety Assurance program in addition to its Bridge Inspection program to enhance bridge safety. Even though the probability of moderate to high earthquake activity is very low in NYS, there is potential for seismic damage with serious consequences, especially in urban areas such as New York City. Thus, NYSDOT is taking steps to be prepared for this low probability, but high consequence scenario. Transportation agencies in west coast states such as California have experience with earthquake response but this knowledge is only partially transferable to the east coast. This is due to differences in prominent structure type, the age and connection details of bridges, the severity and footprint of shaking expected, and types of damage expected. Hence, NYSDOT has begun developing post-seismic bridge inspection procedures to ensure public safety and mobility immediately after a seismic event. This paper presents these developments.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84856692311
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84856692311
SN - 9780415877862
T3 - Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management
SP - 652
EP - 657
BT - Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management
T2 - 5th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2010
Y2 - 11 July 2010 through 15 July 2010
ER -