Introduction

In this chapter, we offer a comprehensive review of the state of the practice with a global perspective and the current technologies for bridge maintenance and management. By discussing that the systematic goal of conducting bridge maintenance and management is to achieve lifecycle system goals, such as sustainability and resilience, we recognize the challenges pertinent to the state of the practice. To resolve these challenges, digital technologies, especially emerging ones, including the Internet of Things, Robotics, Cloud and Edge Computing, and Artificial Intelligence with Big Data, are described. The promise of adopting these technologies to realize the notion of intelligent bridge maintenance and management is then introduced.