In the years past new period
opened in Hungary not only in the politic, society and economy, but also in the
bridge
management. To support the development of the market economy and to
improve the internal and international traffic the road directorate should make
an effort to ensure the costs (with domestic and foreign resources),
politicians should be convinced of the efficiency of bridge projects. This
needs „knowledge base” decision support, which is represented by the Bridge
Management Systems (BMS). In Hungary several elements of the bridge management
have appeared in the past decades (e.g. bridge database, bridge
inspection). On
their basis a ranking program was developed at the beginning of 1990’s, and the
implementation of the American PONTIS system began. This study summarises the
results and draws up the further steps.