Steel Bridge Research, Inspection, Training, and Engineering Center
What We Do
The S-BRITE Center fills a growing need in the transportation industry as it relates to existing and aging steel bridges.
Utilizing some of Purdue’s existing strengths in education and research, the S-BRITE Center engages faculty and engineers from around the country in order to explore partnership opportunities in training and research. A “Distributed Expertise Network” (DEN), which includes specific experts from inside and outside of Purdue, assists Center Partners with specific and complex problems.
The S-BRITE Center is the first resident center of the Center for Aging Infrastructure (CAI). It focuses specifically on the steel bridge sector of our nation's aging infrastructure. Information about CAI's phases of development, including what is currently developed, future development, and an archive of construction photos, can be viewed here.
The S-BRITE Center Bridge Component Gallery (BCG) boasts multiple full span bridges and a number of sections of bridges taken from service. This rare collection provides for a unique training ground.
The S-BRITE field vehicle provides an exceptional resource to the S-BRITE researchers enabling field testing and investigation of bridges, including rapid and emergency response.