Past and future of maintenance and monitoring of railway bridges

  • Luis Esteras Aldea Adif
  • José Antonio Gómez Barquín Adif
Keywords: Maintenance, monitoring, routine inspection, railway bridge

Abstract


The maintenance of infrastructures has been in a secondary place throughout the history of Engineering, always overshadowed by the design and construction of new bridges. However,  conservation and maintenance of infrastructures is gaining positions in the Technical Schools, in regulations and in public tenders thanks to the daily effort of the great professionals who dedicate themselves to it. Let's evaluate the tendency in the particular case of railway bridges.

Published
2021-07-22
How to Cite
Esteras Aldea, L., & Gómez Barquín, J. (2021). Past and future of maintenance and monitoring of railway bridges. Hormigón Y Acero, 72(294/295), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.33586/hya.2021.3044
Section
Monográfico Luis Ortega Basagoiti