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Would it be useful to import data from the US FHWA National Bridge Inventory? They have data on every single bridge in the US.

Some of the data attributes line up with current bridge properties, while other data points would create new properties. Data can be found at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/ascii.cfm

The data has the following data attributes:

State Code

Structure Number

Inventory Route

Record Type

Route Signing Prefix

Designated Level of Service

Route Number

Directional Suffix

Highway Agency District

County (Parish) Code

Place Code

Features Intersected

Features Intersected

Critical Facility Indicator

Facility Carried By Structure

Location

Inventory Rte, Min Vert Clearance

Kilometerpoint

Base Highway Network

Inventory Route, Subroute Number

LRS Inventory Route

Subroute Number

Latitude

Longitude

Bypass/Detour Length

Toll

Maintenance Responsibility

Owner

Functional Class Of Inventory Rte.

Year Built

Lanes On/Under Structure

Lanes On Structure

Lanes Under Structure

Average Daily Traffic

Year Of Average Daily Traffic

Design Load

Approach Roadway Width

Bridge Median

Skew

Structure Flared

Traffic Safety Features

Bridge Railings

Transitions

Approach Guardrail

Approach Guardrail Ends

Historical significance

Navigation Control

Navigation Vertical Clearance

Navigation Horizontal Clearance

Structure Open/Posted/Closed

Type Of Service

Type of Service On Bridge

Type of Service Under Bridge

Structure Type, Main

Kind of Material/Design

Type of Design/Construction

Structure Type, Approach Spans

Kind of Material/Design

Type of Design/Construction

Number Of Spans In Main Unit

Number Of Approach Spans

Inventory Rte Total Horz Clearance

Length Of Maximum Span

Structure Length

Curb/Sidewalk Widths

Left Curb/Sidewalk Width

Right Curb/Sidewalk Width

Bridge Roadway Width Curb-To-Curb

Deck Width, Out-To-Out

Min Vert Clear Over Bridge Roadway

Minimum Vertical Underclearance

Reference Feature

Minimum Vertical Underclearance

Min Lateral Underclear On Right

Reference Feature

Minimum Lateral Underclearance

Min Lateral Underclear On Left

Deck

Superstructure

Substructure

Channel/Channel Protection

Culverts

Method Used To Determine Operating Rating

Operating Rating

Method Used To Determine Inventory Rating

Inventory Rating

Structural Evaluation

Deck Geometry

Underclear, Vertical & Horizontal

Bridge Posting

Waterway Adequacy

Approach Roadway Alignment

Type of Work

Type of Work Proposed

Work Done By

Length Of Structure Improvement

Inspection Date

Designated Inspection Frequency

Critical Feature Inspection

Fracture Critical Details

Underwater Inspection

Other Special Inspection

Critical Feature Inspection Dates

Fracture Critical Details Date

Underwater Inspection Date

Other Special Inspection Date

Bridge Improvement Cost

Roadway Improvement Cost

Total Project Cost

Year Of Improvement Cost Estimate

Border Bridge

Neighboring State Code

Percent Responsibility

Border Bridge Structure Number

STRAHNET Highway Designation

Parallel Structure Designation

Direction Of Traffic

Temporary Structure Designation

Highway System Of Inventory Route

Federal Lands Highways

Year Reconstructed

Deck Structure Type

Wearing Surface/Protective System

Type of Wearing Surface

Type of Membrane

Deck Protection

AVERAGE DAILY TRUCK TRAFFIC

DESIGNATED NATIONAL NETWORK

PIER/ABUTMENT PROTECTION

NBIS BRIDGE LENGTH

SCOUR CRITICAL BRIDGES

FUTURE AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC

YEAR OF FUTURE AVG DAILY TRAFFIC

MINIMUM NAVIGATION VERTICAL CLEARANCE VERTICAL LIFT BRIDGE

FEDERAL AGENCY INDICATOR

Washington Headquarters Use

STATUS with 10yr rule

Asterisk Field in SR

SUFFICIENCY RATING (select from last 4 positions only)

asked 28 May '15, 16:13

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Please read http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines first, further there is a US specific import list https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us that should be adressed too.

To the data itself, some of it would seem to be useful for OSM (for example clearance) and a lot not. As so often is such cases the best use woud likely be as reference material for QA.

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answered 01 Jun '15, 21:08

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edited 01 Jun '15, 21:09

Not a small or easy task! Only a small subset of those fields would even possibly belong in OSM, you'd have to make sure you used the right OSM tags for them, and you'd have to be very careful to match NBI data with the correct OSM bridge features, if they exist. To add to the complexity, there's not only bridge=* tags, but also the man_made=bridge tagging scheme, and bridge relations. Could be a good MapRoulette task, but I'd recommend you start with the talk-us mailing list, and see if anyone's been working on it already. For example, @mvexel wrote this blogpost about US bridges a few years ago.

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answered 01 Jun '15, 15:26

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Ryan_C yes its great to do so. -ask the local community first since theres a lot of extra work if theres a green light. -handsome are clearances but the list is hugh so there has to be a selection to decide what should ? -the Wiki about bridges is not this big, so that should be corrected as well, before you import it.

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answered 28 May '15, 17:03

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