Evaluation and Repair of Wrought Iron and - Purdue e-Pubs ...

193County 1: Usually have weak deck and stringers which controls the rating.County 2: Consultant in charge of inspection is responsible.County 7: Engineering firm Inspects and determines what load rating needs to be oncertain bridgesCounty 8: Normal rating procedure - slightly higher values used for steel strengthCounty 9: Hire a consultant.County 12: Done by consultant, contact UnitedCounty 13: Hire a ConsultantCounty 15: Done by consultantsCounty 19: An engineering firm is hired to develop plans and specs for any bridge that isneeded to be rehabilitated for service.If you can think of any other important information that is relevant, then pleaseprovide it.State 1: We have not done much intricate work with wrought iron.State 2: We have some bridges with wrought iron tension members, but never weld astructural member, always replace with steel. Suggests contacting municipalities.State 4: There is no money available to preserve historic bridges. If any bridge is deemedhistoric, the owner (state, county or city) is not allowed to remove the bridge, but they arenot required to maintain it either. They usually won’t due to lack of funds. The agencywaits for the bridges to deteriorate (collapse) and then can replace it. That is why thereare no procedures to repair wrought iron.State 6: The information above describes bridges that have wrought iron tensionmembers.State 7: A form is attached to survey, that I believe is mentioning that 7 out of 10 districtsin our state provide data in the survey.