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Muons used to test the condition of a road bridge in Estonia
This week, a new technology was tested in Jõgisoo, Harju County, as part of a nearly €1.3 million research project. Using cosmic radiation and artificial intelligence, the technology aims to assess the technical condition of bridges without the need for destructive testing.
While this technology has been tested in the UK, Jõgisoo is the first place in the world where it is being used to evaluate the structural integrity of a bridge that remains open to traffic. In most cases, the decision has been to demolish the existing bridge and build a new one," said Tõnis Tagger, environmental coordinator for road infrastructure at the Estonian Transport Administration. Since constructing a new bridge is extremely costly, the administration hopes that this new technology will help identify more efficient solutions — allowing as much of the existing structure as possible to be preserved and repaired instead of being entirely replaced.
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