ABSTRACT
Transportation infrastructure construction and socio-economic development are mutually promoting and interdependent. Bridge is a key component of transportation infrastructure, and the traffic load has always been a key concern in bridge design, evaluation and specification formulation. Therefore, there is also an interactive relationship between the bridge traffic load level and socio-economic development. In this paper, a 9-year weighing data is taken as sample to analyze the correlation between traffic load level and socio-economic development. Indexes representing traffic load and socio-economic development are selected to conduct correlation analysis. The results are expected to be useful for the scientific research and prediction of the traffic load level in a specific area, so as to provide reference and support for the analysis, research, standardization, improvement as well as management decision-making of bridges and related facilities.
