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Utilizing acoustic emission (AE), the upgraded IAA framework combines signal clustering, image recognition, and machine learning to monitor the structural condition of a highway overpass located near a major urban agglomeration. The monitoring results provide a reliable foundation for assessing structural health and implementing automated traffic control, which is essential to ensure safe operations. Unlike baseline implementations, this intelligent system extracts multi-parametric features using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and transforms temporal wave streams into Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) scalograms. These visual representations are processed by a custom 14-layer Deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) combined with an unsupervised Self-Organizing Map (SOM) to eliminate operational noise and classify internal failures. AE signals recorded under service loads undergo multi-parametric analysis using pattern recognition techniques and are assigned to specific classes corresponding to active anomalies within the material or structure. Each class is linked to a distinct structural hazard level, ranging from safe operation to a critical loss of structural safety. Corresponding traffic control measures, including vehicle speed and weight restrictions, are dynamically introduced to maintain operational safety. To validate the scalability of the framework, this study synthesizes statistical data across a comprehensive fleet of 180 monitored bridge structures, backed by a predictive ARIMA time-series model that forecasts residual service life. The proposed methodology was experimentally validated on an A2 highway overpass, a vital component of the \u0141\u00f3d\u017a transport hub that facilitates north\u2013south and east\u2013west transit in Poland. 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