STEEL PLATE GIRDERS

CURVED GIRDERS

AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications

AASHTO Standard Specification for Highway Bridges

AASHTO Guide Specifications for Horizontally Curved Highway Bridges

AASHTO Manual for Condition Evaluation of Bridges

FDOT Structures Design Guidelines

Plans Preparation Manual - English (Volume I)

Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction

AASHTO/AWS Bridge Welding Code

NOTE: See Memorandum on September 30, 2002 – Temporary Design Bulletin C02-16 for the Design of Curved Steel Girders: http://www.fdot.gov/structures/Memos/TempoaryDesignBulletinCO2-16.pdf

AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications

6.1 Scope

AASHTO Standard Specification for Highway Bridges

Sect 3 Loads

Sect 10 Structural Steel

AASHTO Guide Specifications for Horizontally Curved Highway Bridges

Part I Allowable Stress Design Criteria for Curved Steel, Composite, and Hybrid I-Girder Bridges

Part II Load Factor Design Criteria for Curved Steel, Composite, and Hybrid I-Girder Bridges

AASHTO Manual for Condition Evaluation of Bridges

3.8.3.1 Procedures – Superstructure - Steel Beams, Girders and Box Sections

6.3 Rating Levels

6.4 Rating Methods

6.6.3.1 Nominal Capacity – Load Factor Method – Structural Steel

6.7 Loadings

FDOT Structures Design Guidelines

1.2 Criteria for Deflection & Span-to-Depth Ratios

2.2 Dead Loads

2.5 Miscellaneous Loads

4.7 Box Girder Inspection and Access Requirement

5.1 General

5.2 Dead Load Camber

5.3 Structural Steel

5.4 Bolts

5.5 Minimum Steel Dimensions

5.6.6 Cross Frames for Box Girders

5.6.7 Lateral Bracing

5.8 Transverse Intermediate Stiffeners

5.9 Bearing Stiffeners

5.10 Longitudinal Stiffeners

5.11 Connections and Splices

5.12 Corrosion Protection

7.3 Analysis and Design

7.4 Attachment of Widening to Existing Structure

7.8 Bridge Widening Rules

Chap. 9 Bridge Cost Estimating

Plans Preparation Manual – English (Volume 1)

Chap 26 Bridge Project Development

For current Plans Preparation Manual: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/rddesign/PPM Manual/PPM.htm

Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction

Section 460 Structural Steel and Miscellaneous Metals

Section 502 Shear Connectors

Section 962 Steel and other Ferrous Metals and Metal Items

For current Specifications: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/specificationsoffice

AASHTO/AWS Bridge Welding Code

All Sections (as applicable)