Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)

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Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)

Erasa (Civil/Environmental)

(OP)

27 Feb 17 11:25

Hi Engineers,
Can someone help me with reference manual/page in AASHTO that states the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) for various categories of vehicles?

Erasa

bridgebuster (Civil) · Answer 1 · 2017-02-27 12:24:42

In the AASHTO Green Book there's a table of vehicle dimensions but no weights. In the AASHTO Bridge Spec's you'll find the design live load but not a table for various types of vehicles. This is the closet the AASHTO bridge specs came to gross vehicle weight for actual trucks:

Erasa (Civil/Environmental) · Answer 2 · 2017-02-28 01:19:56

Hi bridgebuster,
Could you please be specific on book and page?

bridgebuster (Civil) · Answer 3 · 2017-02-28 13:13:04

The diagrams above came out of the 1983 AASHTO Maintenance Manual but they're also in the current AASHTO Manual for bridge Evaluation, Page 6-67.

The table I cited in the 2011 Green Book is on Page 2-3.

Erasa (Civil/Environmental) · Answer 4 · 2017-03-02 18:09:23

RE: Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)

Erasa (Civil/Environmental)

(OP)

2 Mar 17 18:09

Thanks bridgebuster.

bridgebuster (Civil) · Answer 5 · 2017-03-03 00:49:08

RE: Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)

bridgebuster (Civil) 3 Mar 17 00:49

No problem

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