The importance of including user’s costs in Life-Cycle Cost-Benefit analysis of structures is discussed in this paper. This is especially for bridges of great importance. Repair or/and failure of a bridge will usually result in user costs greater than the repair or replacement costs of the bridge. For the society (and the user’s) it is therefore of great importance that maintenance or replacement of a bridge is performed in such a way that all costs are minimized- not only the owners cost
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