ABSTRACT
The Berg River Bridge is located on the R44 road going towards Wellington in Western Cape Province, South Africa. The bridge has been chosen since it is used by both normal and abnormal vehicles. It was constructed in 1974 and is a twelvespan bridge carrying two opposite lanes traffic. The total length of the bridge is 336 m with each span measuring 28 m long and 13.4 m wide. Each span consists of eight simply supported I-beams which are 1.7 apart. Instrumentation.
