770.1 District Routine Maintenance and Special Crew Responsibilities
District crews shall be responsible for the following maintenance items:
- Cleaning and flushing of all bridges (a minimum one time each year at the end of the snow season) (Cleaning & Flushing)
- Sealing cracks in bridge decks (Bridge Deck Crack Sealing)
- Removing and replacing asphalt overlays and/or seals (Chip Sealing Deck)
- Placing new bridge deck seals and/or asphalt overlays (Chip Sealing Deck)
- Repairing bridge decks with concrete (Temporary Deck Repairs)
- Repairing and sealing deck joints with appropriate material (Hot Pour, Silicone, or Polytite)
- Sealing deck spalls with Pavon (Bridge Deck Sealing)
- Cleaning and sealing accessible concrete caps (Sealing Abutment and Pier Caps)
- Minor painting of bearings or steel piling (Spot Painting)
- Replacing timber planks on abutment backwalls
- Replacing timber planks or running boards on timber decks
- Sealing approach joints with appropriate material (Hot Pour)
- Repairing or leveling approaches
- Cutting pavement expansion joints
- Building or repairing mat gutters (Mat Gutter Maintenance)
- Repairing slope erosion
- Placing riprap on slopes, around abutments, or under deck drains
- Repair or mudjack slope protection (Mudjacking) See also mudjacking in Bridge Approach Slabs
- Bridge posting and advance warning signs
- Linseed oil/mineral spirits treatment (Linseed Oil Deck Treatment)
- Reflective tabs on bridge railings
- Cutting trees, brush or vines around and under bridges (Cut & Spray Brush)
- Removing drift (Drift Removal), performing channel work (Rock Blanket), correcting scour around footings (Gabion Installation)
- Bridge approach and guardrail shoulders (Shaving Shoulder and Around Guardrail)
- Stenciling bridge numbers on end post, columns, or bridge superstructures
- Maintaining bridge approaches