Bridge health monitoring using existing telecommunication fiber-optic networks

Nature Communications, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-76935-0 This study demonstrates that existing telecommunication fiber-optic cables can be used as dense, distributed strain sensors for structural health monitoring of bridges, enabling meter-scale measurements of guided wavefields, displacements, and modal properties across multiple bridge structures. The post Bridge…