49 CFR § 237.33 - Content of bridge management programs.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s237.33"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 237.33 - Content of bridge management programs."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "237.33"
section_name: "Content of bridge management programs."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "237"
part_name: "BRIDGE SAFETY STANDARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 20102-20114; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 41302, July 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "237"
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# 237.33 Content of bridge management programs.

Each bridge management program adopted in compliance with this part shall include, as a minimum, the following:

(a) An accurate inventory of railroad bridges, which shall include a unique identifier for each bridge, its location, configuration, type of construction, number of spans, span lengths, and all other information necessary to provide for the management of bridge safety;

(b) A record of the safe load capacity of each bridge;

(c) A provision to obtain and maintain the design documents of each bridge if available, and to document all repairs, modifications, and inspections of each bridge; and

(d) A bridge inspection program covering as a minimum:

(1) Inspection personnel safety considerations;

(2) Types of inspection including required detail;

(3) Definitions of defect levels along with associated condition codes if condition codes are used;

(4) The method of documenting inspections including standard forms or formats;

(5) Structure type and component nomenclature; and

(6) Numbering or identification protocol for substructure units, spans, and individual components.