COMPARISON OF PONTIS BRIDGE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROGRAMMED WORK FOR THREE U.S. TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES

The Pontis Bridge Management System (BMS) can provide an agency with direct recommendations for bridge maintenance and capital improvement projects. Recommendations are generated using bridge inventory and inspection data, needs generation models, and program development methods. This paper presents the results of comparisons of Pontis project recommendations to the actual work performed by three agencies: Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA). Each of the three agencies programs work differently from the others, faces a different set of challenges, and uses Pontis differently within the agency. However, all three agencies have observed reasonable levels of correspondence between Pontis recommendations and actual work. Comparisons have been made between Pontis recommendations and actual work for replacements for Mn/DOT and SCDOT, and for maintenance work for NJTA.