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Underground cables could be used to monitor structural damage above

Railway bridge

The project uses fibre-optic cables to monitor damage to key infrastructure such as bridges and railway lines (Image: Unsplash / Geoffrey Moffett)

Fibre-optic cables could be transformed into real-time sensors, on the lookout for damage to critical infrastructure such as bridges, railways, tunnels and pipelines

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