Detecting, monitoring and modeling damage within the decision-making process in the context of managing bridges: a review

The expansion of transportation infrastructure and the aging and deterioration of its constituent elements make bridge maintenance management programs more expensive and complex. In this context, a bridge management system (BMS) has become a fundamental tool for managing and controlling the entire process involving the structures, from design, construction, operation, and maintenance. Information regarding bridges, inspection, and damage detection should be standardized and digitized for stakeholder access. The provided bibliometric analysis demonstrates that inspection, structural health monitoring (SHM), deterioration, damage detection, and decision-making are trending topics. These topics guided a comprehensive literature review bringing advances and discussing assessment quality, the ability to detect damage, and the most accurate and cost-effective intervention. Finally, the challenges and limitations of these topics are identified, and possible solutions to overcome these limitations are discussed.