Bridges and Tunnels
Deliver Resilient Bridge and Tunnel Infrastructure
Plan, design, and maintain the structures that link systems, regions, and people, safely and efficiently
Manage projects from site investigation to asset management
Bentley provides connected, purpose-built solutions for every phase of bridge and tunnel projects. Address aging infrastructure, challenging ground conditions, and evolving climate demands with data-driven insights that lead to safer, more resilient, and adaptable infrastructure.
Reduce risk with integrated design
Create and connect civil, structural, and geotechnical models with purpose-built tools to avoid costly surprises and accelerate project delivery.
Stay on schedule with smarter construction planning
Visualize construction in 2D, 3D, and 4D to resolve conflicts early, coordinate teams, and minimize rework.
Know asset health to optimize performance
Combine sensor data, reality capture, and AI analytics to understand exact conditions, predict issues, and manage resources more effectively.
Bridge and tunnel design
Model civil structures in a connected environment that integrates geotechnical, structural, and civil data for safe, efficient, standards‑compliant designs.
Design better bridges and tunnels, faster
Use purpose-built tools that automate standards compliance and eliminate custom scripting, letting you explore more design alternatives to optimize performance and confidently deliver better outcomes faster.
Minimize ground-related risk
Integrate trusted geotechnical data from Seequent, the Bentley Subsurface Company, directly into your design workflows to reduce ground-related risks and engineering uncertainty.
Unify multidiscipline teams in one environment
Coordinate civil, structural, and geotechnical designs in a shared model to preserve intent, eliminate rework, and reduce costly redesigns.
Design solutions and recommended software
Comprehensive capabilities for bridge and tunnel projects from concept to documentation.
Bridge design
Streamline bridge design with connected tools. Capture real-world conditions with Bentley iTwin Capture, incorporate subsurface data from OpenGround, and reuse civil design data in OpenBridge to model, analyze, and document all bridge types, including drainage and utilities, with construction-ready deliverables.
- Reality capture and modeling software: iTwin Capture
- Bridge modeling, design, and analysis software: OpenBridge Designer
- Cloud-based geotechnical data management: OpenGround
Tunnel design
Accelerate tunnel design with connected tools. Incorporate real-world conditions with Bentley iTwin Capture, import geotechnical data through OpenGround, model complex geometries in OpenTunnel, then transfer models to PLAXIS for analysis, eliminating rework between disciplines and dramatically reducing design time.
- Reality capture and modeling software: iTwin Capture
- Tunnel modeling and design software: OpenTunnel Designer
- Cloud-based geotechnical data management: OpenGround
- 2D finite element analysis for soil and rock: PLAXIS 2D
- 3D finite element analysis for soil and rock: PLAXIS 3D
Digital project delivery
Integrated 2D/3D/4D digital workflows for connecting people and data across design, construction, and maintenance project phases.
- Cloud-based solution that connects people and data across the infrastructure lifecycle: Bentley Infrastructure Cloud
- Project collaboration and information management: ProjectWise
- Construction planning and project management: SYNCHRO
- Open platform for infrastructure digital twins: iTwin
Bridge and tunnel construction
Simulate construction sequences, coordinate contractors, and track progress in real time to deliver infrastructure safely, on schedule, and within budget.
Optimize preconstruction planning
Visualize and validate your construction plans before work begins—catching issues before they happen and anticipating any delays—by running digital rehearsals and “what-if” scenarios. As a result, you’ll increase on-site safety, minimize public and environmental disruptions, and ensure optimal use of your resources.
Improve construction efficiency
Enable teams to make faster, better-informed decisions by tracking project progress in real time and aligning everyone around a single up-to-date plan. This visibility boosts productivity and keeps projects on track.
Strengthen stakeholder alignment
Ensure all stakeholders are aligned by using a 4D construction model to provide a clear, interactive visualization of the project’s timeline, sequence, and progress. This makes complex plans easy for everyone to understand and engage with, increasing transparency for overall better communication and collaboration.
Construction Solutions and Recommended Software
Bentley’s digital construction delivery software improves the planning and execution of bridge and tunnel projects.
4D planning and collaboration
4D construction software for planning, scheduling, and managing construction projects.
Progress and performance tracking
Construction performance solution for real-time insights into roadway project progress and costs.
Field execution mobile app
Mobile field application for real-time data capture and access – from field to office.
Bridge and tunnel operations and maintenance
Use digital twins, AI‑powered inspections, and predictive analytics to extend asset life, improve safety, and optimize maintenance for bridges and tunnels.
Capture current asset conditions
Capture and manage high‑fidelity reality data to give stakeholders a clear, up‑to‑date view of bridge and tunnel assets for informed decision‑making.
Monitor asset health in real time
Aggregate sensor and IoT data into one platform to identify risks early, improve safety, and enable proactive maintenance across your infrastructure.
Turn insights into predictive actions
Leverage connected data and analytics to predict maintenance needs, prioritize interventions, and make smarter, proactive operational decisions.
Operations and maintenance solutions and recommended software
Modernize operations and maintenance by leveraging digital twin technology and workflows.
Asset capture and visualization
Create and visualize precise digital twins of physical assets. Bentley iTwin Capture processes real-world data like photos and laser scans into accurate 3D models. Cesium, built on the 3D Tiles open standard, streams large-scale datasets for efficient, web-based visualization within their proper geospatial context.
- Reality capture and modeling software: iTwin Capture
- Scalable 3D visualization in geospatial context: Cesium
Asset monitoring and condition assessments
Integrate real-time sensor data into unified dashboards for continuous monitoring. Visualize and manage digital twins across an entire portfolio in a centralized platform. Streamline inspection workflows by collecting field data, maintaining compliance, and linking with broader asset performance systems.
- Infrastructure monitoring software: iTwin IoT
- iTwin Experience
- Field data collection and inspection management software: AssetWise Inspections
Asset performance analytics
Use performance insights and predictive analytics to plan proactive interventions, optimize budgets, and extend the service life of critical infrastructure.
- Digital twin platform for visualizing, analyzing, managing, and sharing digital twins: iTwin Experience
- Asset lifecycle information management software: AssetWise ALIM
- Predictive analytics and performance analysis software: AssetWise 4D Analytics
success stories
Hear from our users
JMT
JMT Untangles a long-congested river crossing with 3D modeling and a digital twin
Bentley applications helped to deliver models with a high level of detail and keep numerous stakeholders informed.
Qk4
Qk4 revolutionizes bridge survey program, saving Kentucky USD 300 million
Bentley OpenRoads and ProjectWise enable a 90% reduction in bridge survey time, accelerating critical infrastructure repairs across Kentucky.
Tecne Systra-Sws Advanced Tunneling Srl
Tecne Systra Improves Safety and Sustainability of Italy’s Decades-old Autostrade Tunnels
Bentley OpenTunnel Designer helped reduce project delivery time by 21.5%, saving EUR 26,600.
Arcadis
Arcadis leverages digital modeling and analysis to deliver iconic lifting footbridge in London
Bentley and Seequent software helped create a functional yet aesthetically striking design within a bustling financial district.
WSP Australia Pty. Ltd
WSP leads sustainable transport transformation with Parkdale crossing removal in Victoria
Bentley’s digital twin technology optimized material usage, reducing resource hours by 15% and the carbon footprint by 30%.
Collins Engineers
Collins Engineers Sets new bridge inspection standard with iconic Robert Street Bridge
Bentley iTwin Capture and iTwin Experience creates digital twin to cut down site time by 20%.
HNTB
Landscape Artists: How HNTB is using Cesium to bring infrastructure projects to life
Kansas City-based infrastructure giant HNTB is now using Cesium to render photorealistic landscapes around their highway, bridge, and interchange designs.
