Implementation of Changes to Items 113 of the FHWA Coding Guide

Jorge E. Pagán-Ortiz, FHWA

This presentation will consist in elaborating on the revisions to Items 60 and 113 of the FHWA documents titled "Recording and Coding Guide of the Structure Inventory and Appraisal of the Nation's Bridges." The revisions were implemented by FHWA memorandum dated April 27, 2001, after an extended reviewing period between the FHWA Office of Bridge Technology and the National Bridge Inventory Steering Committee. The goal of the revisions is to provide new guidance for coding bridges over waterways for the observed and assessed scour condition and for stream stability and scour countermeasures. Changes to Item 113 codes 1 through 5, and 7, and 8, and T (tidal) and U (unknown foundations) will be discussed.