Manual Notice: 2001-1
From: Steven E. Simmons, P.E.
Manual: Bridge Design Manual
Effective Date: December 01, 2001
Purpose
This manual provides policies and guidelines set forth by TxDOT regarding the design of bridges. It has been developed to help bridge designers working on TxDOT projects.
Instructions
This is a new manual containing new and significantly reorganized material. It supersedes the 1990 Bridge Design Guide and the 1990 Bridge Design Examples, both first editions.
Contents
The manual contains ten chapters – Organizational Overview, TxDOT and Bridge Design, Design Specifications, Geometric Restraints, Preliminary Considerations, General Design Controls, Superstructure Design, Substructure Design, Special Designs, and Foundation Design. The manual also has four appendices.
Contact
For more information regarding any chapter or section in this manual, please contact the Design Section of the Bridge Division.
Archives
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