The virtual nondestructive evaluation (NDE) laboratory allows users—engineers, researchers, students, service providers, and bridge owners and inspectors—to engage in simulations of real-life bridges that exhibit various symptoms of bridges’ conditions. Some of these symptoms may be occurring inside the bridge, so the only way to look for deterioration inside a bridge and its components is to use tools that “see” inside the bridge. “Nondestructive” means just that—bridge inspectors and service providers use examining tools that have sensing capabilities to look for deterioration without actually damaging the bridge.