The management of bridge maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation functions is discussed from the perspective of a major metropolitan city. The management objectives of the city, and the data base and cost control systems that assist the city in effectively managing the growing responsibilities in these fields, are described. Further, information concerning how routine and scheduled bridge maintenance and repair, as well as scheduled bridge rehabilitation, is planned, coordinated, and administered is also discussed.

It is widely known that a large percentage of the 567,820 bridges in the United States are in urban areas, and an even larger percentage of these bridges are under local government jurisdictions. Of the 302,775 bridges under local qovernment jurisdictions, 165,928, or more than 50 percent, are considered to be deficient according to FHWA standards. Therefore, bridge maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation has assumed a larger dimension in local qovernment responsibilities. In this paper the discussion centers on how Minneapolis, Minnesota, a maior metropolitan city, views and manages this responsibility.