3. Superstructure Design | LRFD Bridge Design | TxDOT Manual System

♦Manual Notice 2008-1
►1. About this Manual
- ►1. Introduction
  - ♦Implementation
  - ►Purpose
  - ♦Organization
  - ♦Feedback
►2. Limit States and Loads
- ►1. Limit States
  - ♦Limit States
- ►2. Loads
  - ♦Live Loads
  - ♦Braking Force
  - ♦Vehicular Collision Force
  - ♦Earthquake Effects
  - ♦Vessel Collision
▼3. Superstructure Design
- ►1. Overview
  - ♦Introduction
- ►2. Concrete Deck Slabs on Stringers
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Design Criteria
  - ♦Detailing
- ►3. Concrete Deck Slabs on U Beams (U40 and U54)
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Design Criteria
  - ♦Detailing
- ►4. Concrete Deck Slabs on Slab Beams, Double-Tee Beams, and Box Beams
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Design Criteria
  - ♦Detailing
- ►5. Prestressed Concrete I Beams and I Girders
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
- ►6. Prestressed Concrete U Beams (Types U40 and U54)
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
  - ♦Detailing
- ►7. Prestressed Concrete Slab Beams
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
- ►8. Prestressed Concrete Double-Tee Beams
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
- ►9. Prestressed Concrete Box Beams (Types B20, B28, B34, and B40)
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
- ►10. Cast-in-Place Concrete Slab and Girder Spans (Pan Forms)
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
- ►11. Cast-in-Place Concrete Slab Spans
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
- ►12. Straight Plate Girders
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
- ►13. Curved Plate Girders
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
►4. Substructure Design
- ►1. Overview
  - ♦Introduction
- ►2. Foundations
  - ♦Guidance
- ►3. Abutment
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Design Criteria
- ►4. Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Bent Caps
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
  - ♦Detailing
- ►5. Inverted Tee Reinforced Concrete Bent Caps
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
  - ♦Detailing
- ►6. Columns for Multi-Column Bents
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Structural Analysis
►5. Other Designs
- ►1. Widenings
  - ♦Design Recommendations
- ►2. Steel-Reinforced Elastomeric Bearings for Prestressed Concrete Beams
  - ♦Materials
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ♦Design Criteria
  - ♦Detailing
- ►3. Strut-and-Tie Method
  - ♦Geometric Constraints
  - ♦Structural Analysis
  - ►Design Criteria

Chapter 3: Superstructure Design

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Section 1: Overview

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Introduction

This chapter documents policy on Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of specific bridge superstructure components.