Abstract
An overview is provided of the optimum bridge budget forecastingand allocation module (opbridge), a decision support system for bridge management at the state level. Opbridge has the capability of predicting funding requirements to achieve bridge system objectives specified by the bridge manager. Alternately, the program can optimally allocate limited budgets and predict performance of the bridge system. This paper appears in transportation research record no. 1268, Highway maintenance operations and research 1990.