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    This document discusses bridge maintenance procedures for Indian Railways. It outlines the schedule for bridge inspections, including inspecting steel girders over 12.2m once every 5 years. Routine maintenance includes cleaning waterways, painting steelwork every 1-6 years, and greasing bridges once every 3 years. Heavy repairs like replacing corroded members are based on inspection reports. Concrete bridge maintenance includes repairing cracks, spalls, and applying epoxy painting to reinforcement every 10 years.

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    This document discusses bridge maintenance procedures for Indian Railways. It outlines the schedule for bridge inspections, including inspecting steel girders over 12.2m once every 5 years. Routine maintenance includes cleaning waterways, painting steelwork every 1-6 years, and greasing bridges once every 3 years. Heavy repairs like replacing corroded members are based on inspection reports. Concrete bridge maintenance includes repairing cracks, spalls, and applying epoxy painting to reinforcement every 10 years.

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    This document discusses bridge maintenance procedures for Indian Railways. It outlines the schedule for bridge inspections, including inspecting steel girders over 12.2m once every 5 years. Routine maintenance includes cleaning waterways, painting steelwork every 1-6 years, and greasing bridges once every 3 years. Heavy repairs like replacing corroded members are based on inspection reports. Concrete bridge maintenance includes repairing cracks, spalls, and applying epoxy painting to reinforcement every 10 years.

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    Bridge Maintenance On Indian Railways

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    This document discusses bridge maintenance procedures for Indian Railways. It outlines the schedule for bridge inspections, including inspecting steel girders over 12.2m once every 5 years. Routine maintenance includes cleaning waterways, painting steelwork every 1-6 years, and greasing bridges once every 3 years. Heavy repairs like replacing corroded members are based on inspection reports. Concrete bridge maintenance includes repairing cracks, spalls, and applying epoxy painting to reinforcement every 10 years.

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    Bridge Maintenance

    V B Sood PB

    References

    Indian Railways Bridge Manual for inspection and maintenance of bridges IRS B1, for fabrication of steel work IRS Steel Bridge Code, IRS Welded Bridge Code for steel design and fabrication IRS Concrete Bridge Code for concrete bridge construction Various IS codes for quality control RDSO reports for new emerging fields

    Open Line Officials


    AEN open line will inspect after monsoon every year. SE (Works) will inspect steel girders smaller than 12.2 m length in detail once in five years

    Superstructure of all other bridges before monsoon every year.

    Schedule of inspection
    BRIDGE INSPECTOR

    Steel girders including bearings of girders > 12.2m once in 5 years Welded girder initial inspection after 1 year of installation, than once in 3 years Composite girder 1 year and subsequently 5 years Overstressed girders at least once in a year Early steel girder Floor System once in a year : rest-once in 5 years. Steel work, rivet testing, weld test etc.

    Maintenance of bridges
    Waterway shall be clean Water shall be guided properly

    Train water using certain structures in the river stream

    Guide bunds, spurs etc

    Protect vulnerable locations of bridge from scour

    Pitching, flooring, boulder dropping etc

    Maintenance in steel bridges


    Greasing of bridges

    Once in three years

    Painting of steel work


    1 yrs to 6 yrs depending on the site conditions, to be decided by Chief Engineer Patch painting in between if the condition is bad

    Metallising and Epoxy painting


    Should be done for

    Flooring system ( cross girder and rail bearer) in open web girders Top flange plate of plate girder and underslung girder Top bracing system in open web girders in electrified areas Steel girders subjected to salt spray

    Maintenance in steel bridges


    Renewals of loose rivets

    Based on inspection results

    Minor cracked members


    Strengthening or replacement depending on feasibility Based on inspection reports

    Replacement of corroded members

    Based on inspection reports

    CRACKED GIRDER REPAIR

    Heavy repairs of steel bridges

    Replacement of main members

    Based on inspection reports and actual condition Based on design checks

    Strengthening of members/ girders

    Replacement of girders
    Age cum condition basis Is it less costly to do repairs or replacement?

    Maintenance of concrete bridges

    In corrosive environment, concrete can corrode


    Epoxy painting to be done Steel reinforcement to be coated Renewal of epoxy paints every ten years

    Repairs to spalled concrete Repairs to cracks Repairs to bearings

    Crack in concrete

    Fix tell tales to get information

    Spalling of concrete

    Corrosion in reinforcement
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    Dampness

    Condition of a pier

    General
    Trespassing Public nuisance Ladders etc Hitting of bridge by vehicles

    GIRDER BOTTOM FLANGE VEHICLE IMPACT DAMAGE

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