“…mutual collisions of loose hangers of arch bridges in dynamic tests), cracks, local detachments of concrete cover etc. [20,21,22], -validation of the assumptions of numerical FE models analyzed both in the longitudinal and transverse directions as well as in the context of the dynamic response of the model / calibration of the FEM model -replacement of the FEM model class [23], -load capacity validation [9], -reliability validation [24], -fatigue reliability validation [25], -initial calibration of the SHM system [26], including the creation of an appropriate reference point and determination of alarm thresholds, -reference base for subsequent measurements [27]. It should, however, be emphasized, that all of the above objectives can be achieved much more reliably in the view of the existence and possibility of insight into the statistics from analogous results of the mechanical response of similar bridges that have been studied in the past.…”