Construction and Design
Structures
Bridges and Design

Findings on composite pile materials for bridge construction.

First integral abutment bridge in the state of Iowa that utilized precast, prestressed concrete piles in the abutment.

Technical brief from FHWA.

Shear design provisions for reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.

Flexure and compression provisions for LRFD specifications.

Technical basis for dapped girder ends on steel highway bridges.

List of papers on bridge management, preservation, maintenance and more.

Specific water to bridge clearance numbers for numerous waterways in the USA.

Selection criteria and design guidelines for commonaly used expansion joint systems.

Determine when to repair and rehabilitate bridge decks.

Guidance on bridge lighting and other signals.

Current and historical data on bridge mobility measures.

A series of videos that highlight the advantages of prefabricated bridge elements and systems

Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) and use of prefabricated bridge elements

US Coast Guard website on the office of bridge administration.

FHWA documents

Performance specification for the grout between the top of a precast I-beam and the bottom of a bridge deck panel.

Effects of various epoxy coating and exposure parameters for bridge decks.

Explores the corrosion resistance of various types of corrosion-resistant reinforcement in bridges exposed to chlorides.

Report examines criteria and guidelines of countermeasures to protect bridge abutments from scour damage.

Guidelines, selection criteria and specifications for design and construction of scour countermeasures.

Detailed laboratory testing results.

Decision tool for selecting either a 1- or 2-dimensional hydraulic model when examining flow through bridge crossings.

Risks associated with prestressing steel failure in bridges.

Feasibility of increasing the allowable compressive stress at release of prestressed concrete girders.

GAO report on improvements of the US DOT to the ability to prioritize resources for bridges.

Guidance on load and resistance factor design.

Testimony on structurally deficient bridges on the National Highway System.

sediment scour on bridge piers with pile caps and groups with different centerline spacing and orientation to the flow.

Report explores methods of predicting camber in prestressed concrete girders.

Federal statutes and regulations for bridges

Long-term structural behavior of pretensioned high performance concrete.

Website of information and resources on bridge planning and maintenance.

Development of bridge management software modules to implement the methodologies.

Text of the NFPA standard that provides fire protection and fire life safety requirements

Analysis of bridge design.

Obtain realistic estimates of prestress losses in high-strength pretensioned concrete bridge girders.

A series of research papers related to bridge construction and maintenance

Critical bridge issues in the USA

Conditions, age and costs to repair and modernize US bridges.

Report examines a risk-based approach to managing bridges in the absence of foundation information.

Elastomeric bearing design procedures.

Full text of manual with appendices.

Report and appendices on LRFD live load distribution factor design equations for shear.

Data on bridge counts including structurally deficient and obsolete bridges for US states by year.

Report examines structurally efficient and practical ways to post-install shear connectors in existing bridges.

Report examines bridge flexibility differences between two AASHTO's design specifications.

Excel risk assessment tool and instructions for risk-based approach to managing bridges.

For bridge design specifications.

Website of resource information regarding bridges for the use of the media and the general public.

Part 362 Bridge Safety

Design guidelines for mitigation of excessive cable vibrations on cable-stayed bridges.