MARCHE 2022 – Bridge Post-flood inspection

In September 2022, the Marche region in central Italy was struck by an extreme flood event, characterised by intense rainfall, rapid river level rise, and widespread inundation across several municipalities. Following the event, researchers from multiple institutions launched a collaborative field campaign to assess the impacts across various sectors, including infrastructure, cultural heritage, industrial areas, and residential zones (https://sites.google.com/view/misa2022/home-page?pli=1). As of this campaign, a dedicated team focused on bridges, aiming to collect structured field data and document damage mechanisms.

This dataset* presents the outcomes of the bridge evaluation survey, during which 76 bridges were inspected. It includes the following files:

MARCHE 2022 inspection form.pdf – a template of the field inspection form

MARCHE 2022 dataset (folder)

MARCHE 2022 dataset.xlsx – an Excel table with structured data collected during the post-flood  survey and subsequent post-processing

MARCHE 2022 images – a folder containing one representative image for each surveyed structure 

PNG files – charts that summarise the results for each section of the database

The data are organised into six categories: Crossing Features, Structural Features, River Features, River Protection Measures, Hydraulic Processes, and Damage. Additional information regarding the specific dataset entries and the field campaign is available in [1].

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*This dataset can be freely used for any legal purpose, as long as you cite the data source.

[1] Perugini, E., Darvini, G., D’Angelo, M., Tubaldi, E., Scozzese, F., Zanini, Voltolina, D., Valerio, A., Polidoro, B., Sterlacchini, S., M. A., Dall’Asta, A., Brocchini, M., & Ballio, F. (under submission). Standardising Post-Flood Surveys of Bridges: the Case of the 2022 Marche Flood. Scientific Data.