Manuals and Guidance

Please contact MDT’s Bridge Management Section for any questions, comments, or other feedback regarding current manuals or guidance. FAQ guidance is found here.

Current Manual and Inspection Guide

Title	Version	Release Date	Archived Versions
Interim Bridge Inspection Manual	1.0	July 2022
MDT Bridge Inspection and Rating Manual	1.1	October 2018
MDT Timber Bridge Inspection Guide	1.4	September 2017

Interim Guidance

The following includes interim guidance that has been issued as an amendatory or supplemental revision to the current manual. These interims are currently in effect and will be incorporated and published as final guidance during periodic review and update of the manual.

Title	Version	Release Date	Revision to Current Manual Section (if applicable)
Natural Disaster Inspection Guidance	1.0	July 2022	N/A
Inspection-Assignments	1.0	July 2022	N/A
My-Assignments	1.0	July 2022	N/A
Cross Section Guidance	1.0	May 2022	N/A
Interim Guidance for NBI Item 41 Comments	1.0	May 2021	N/A
Roadway Information	1.0	March 2021	N/A
Quantifying Sister Girders on Timber Bridges	1.0	June 2021	N/A
Bridge Inventory Direction and Nomenclature	1.0	April 2021	N/A
Timber Pile (228) Quantity Guidance	1.0	April 2021	N/A
Follow-up Inspection Guidance	2.0	May 2021	N/A
Late Inspection Guidance	1.0	April 2020	N/A
Consultant Regular Inspection	1.0	January 2020	2.2.18.2
New Bridge Asset Process	1.0	July 2019	N/A
Hands on Inspection of Steel Members	1.0	July 2019	N/A
Repair Item and Critical Finding	1.0	February 2019	N/A
Timber Element Condition State Guide	1.0	May 2019	N/A
Extended Inspection Frequency	1.0	April 1994	N/A
Extended Inspection Frequency Flowchart	1.0	August 2017	N/A
Jump Cracking	1.0	August 2017	N/A