“…Diagnostic load tests (Farhey, 2005;Jauregui, Licon-Lozano, & Kulkarni, 2010;Moses, Lebet, & Bez, 1994;Olaszek, Lagoda, & Ramon Casas, 2014;Russo, Wipf, & Klaiber, 2000) use a low load and verify if the stiffness and behaviour of the bridge is as expected. Several countries, such as Italy (Veneziano, Galeota, & Giammatteo, 1984), Switzerland (Bruehwiler, Vogel, Lang, & Luechinger, 2012) and France (Cochet et al, 2004b) require a diagnostic load test upon opening of a bridge.…”