General basis and criteria for the capacity assessment of European railway bridges

ABSTRACT: The paper deals with a summary description of the main safety criteria adopted in the Guideline for Load and Resistance Assessment of existing European railway bridges developed in the WP4 of the SUSTAINABLE BRIDGES project, funded by the European Commission. A more complete and detailed description of the general basis and criteria can be found in the complete paper and in the background documents (Casas 2006, Casas and Wisniewski 2006, Casas et al 2006, Brüwhiler 2006, Holm 2006).