TY - JFULL AU - Salam R. Yaghi and Saleh Abu Dabous PY - 2015/11/ TI - State-Of-The Art Practices in Bridge Inspection T2 - International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering SP - 1343 EP - 1347 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002746 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 106, 2015 N2 - Government reports and published research have flagged and brought to public attention the deteriorating condition of a large percentage of bridges in Canada and the United States. With the increasing number of deteriorated bridges in the US, Canada, and around the globe, condition assessment techniques of concrete bridges are evolving. Investigation for bridges’ defects such as cracks, spalls, and delamination and their level of severity are the main objectives of condition assessment. Inspection and rehabilitation programs are being implemented to monitor and maintain deteriorated bridge infrastructure. This paper highlights the state-of-the art of current practices being performed for concrete bridge inspection. The information is gathered from the literature and through a distributed questionnaire. The current practices in concrete bridge inspection rely on the use of hummer sounding and chain dragging tests. Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques are not being utilized fully in the process. Nonetheless, they are being partially utilized by the recommendation of the bridge inspector after conducting visual inspection. Lanes are usually closed during the performance of visual inspection and bridge inspection in general. ER -