Comparison of bridge management practice in England and France

Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Bridge Management, held April 2005, University of Surrey. During the 1990's, an Anglo-French Bridge Liaison Group was set up to exchange information on topics of common interest. Over the last few years the Group has focused on bridge management and has prepared a report on current practice in the two countries. The report is concerned with the national road networks and this paper uese the information obtained to describe the bridge stocks and organisational structures, and contrast the differences in the approaches adopted for the management of bridges.