Structural Bridge Design Guidelines/Examples/Textbooks
Structural Bridge Design Guidelines/Examples/Textbooks
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Hello, I am looking for a really good text book or design manual with examples for highway bridges (LRFD preferably). I ve been designing buildings for over 10 years now, from low rise to highrise buildings, and small private bridges... but the actual economy is affecting considerably the buiding industry. I want to diversify my services and start designing highway bridges for DOT. Thanks.






RE: Structural Bridge Design Guidelines/Examples/Textbooks
RE: Structural Bridge Design Guidelines/Examples/Textbooks
Bridge Engineering by Tonias,
Bridge Design by Xanthakos,
Modern Concrete Bridge Design by Heins
Industry References:
PCI Design of Concrete Highway Bridges,
AISC Design of Steel Highway Structures,
FHWA Bridge design examples (superstructure and substructure) - just search for the FHWA bridge design examples or go to the FHWA website and look around.
Structural Steel Designers Handbook - Merritt and Brockenbrough
Structural Engineer's Handbook, gaylord and gaylord.
and as BigH pointed out many DOT's have examples, part and parcel, on their websites.
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Minnesota DOT has a design manual with very good examples. CalTrans has a lot of info as well.