as required by the National Bridge replacement/rehabilitation projects on local Inspection Standards, coordinating the facilities. The overall objective of PONTIS inspection of all bridges open to the is to systematically identify that public in Montana; combination of bridge improvement and maintenance work which optimizes the providing guidance to the District bridge benefits from the expenditures Department’s inspectors; on bridges. The Bridge Management Unit is responsible for developing, implementing managing and using the collected and maintaining PONTIS, including: data; developing a program of bridge developing and maintaining a written improvements based on the findings guide for the inspectors and providing from the MDT Bridge Inspection training; Program; preparing and processing Structural incorporating cost-effective Inventory and Appraisal (SI&A) data for considerations into project prioritization; all public bridges in the State; developing a prioritized list of Highway maintaining an inventory on the Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation structural and functional condition of all Program (HBRRP) projects and public bridges in Montana; identifying preliminary project scopes of work (i.e., the extent of bridge in coordination with the Districts, rehabilitation); determining and posting (where needed) the load-carrying capacity of all bridges developing a prioritized list of bridge under the jurisdiction of the Department; maintenance activities to be performed and by the Districts; for locally owned bridges, tracking completion of recommended recommending to the local government bridge maintenance work; and the posting of the load-carrying capacity of public bridges. for HBRRP projects, monitoring project implementation. Bridge Management System (PONTIS). PONTIS is a network-level Bridge Overweight Trucks. In coordination with Management System which incorporates Motor Carrier Services, the Bridge dynamic, probabilistic models and a detailed Management Unit reviews, evaluates and bridge database to predict maintenance and approves/ rejects any requests for permits to improvement needs, recommend optimal exceed the legal load over structures. policies, and schedule projects within budget and policy constraints. Through PONTIS, Structural Failures. The Bridge the Bridge Management Unit prioritizes the Management Unit inspects and reports on all replacement, rehabilitation and maintenance significant structural failures under the of the also assists in the jurisdiction. State’s bridges. It Department’s prioritization of Federally funded bridge
as required by the National Bridge Inspection Standards, coordinating the inspection of all bridges open to the public in Montana; providing guidance to the District bridge inspectors; managing and using the collected data; developing and maintaining a written guide for the inspectors and providing training; preparing and processing Structural Inventory and Appraisal (SI&A) data for all public bridges in the State; maintaining an inventory on the structural and functional condition of all public bridges in Montana; in coordination with the Districts, determining and posting (where needed) the load-carrying capacity of all bridges under the jurisdiction of the Department; and for locally owned bridges, recommending to the local government the posting of the load-carrying capacity of public bridges. Bridge Management System (PONTIS). PONTIS is a network-level Bridge Management System which incorporates dynamic, probabilistic models and a detailed bridge database to predict maintenance and improvement needs, recommend optimal policies, and schedule projects within budget and policy constraints. Through PONTIS, the Bridge Management Unit prioritizes the replacement, rehabilitation and maintenance of the State’s bridges. It also assists in the prioritization of Federally funded bridge replacement/rehabilitation projects on local facilities. The overall objective of PONTIS is to systematically identify that combination of bridge improvement and maintenance work which optimizes the benefits from the Department’s expenditures on bridges. The Bridge Management Unit is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining PONTIS, including: developing a program of bridge improvements based on the findings from the MDT Bridge Inspection Program; incorporating cost-effective considerations into project prioritization; developing a prioritized list of Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program (HBRRP) projects and identifying preliminary project scopes of work (i.e., the extent of bridge rehabilitation); developing a prioritized list of bridge maintenance activities to be performed by the Districts; tracking completion of recommended bridge maintenance work; and for HBRRP projects, monitoring project implementation. Overweight Trucks. In coordination with Motor Carrier Services, the Bridge Management Unit reviews, evaluates and approves/ rejects any requests for permits to exceed the legal load over structures. Structural Failures. The Bridge Management Unit inspects and reports on all significant structural failures under the Department’s jurisdiction.
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