• ♦Manual Notice 2024-1
• ►1. Pavement
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction to Maintenance Operations
    • ♦Introduction to this Chapter
  • ►2. Routine Pavement Maintenance
    • ♦General Objectives of Pavement Maintenance
    • ♦Pavement Distress
    • ♦Flexible Pavement Distress Maintenance
    • ♦Rigid Pavement Distress Maintenance
  • ►3. Shoulders and Approaches Guidelines
    • ♦General Guidelines for Shoulders and Approaches
    • ♦Shoulders
    • ♦Driveways
  • ►4. Preventive Maintenance Guidelines
    • ♦Importance of Preventive Maintenance
    • ♦Flexible Pavement Preventive Maintenance
    • ♦Options for Rigid Pavements
• ►2. Roadside
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Litter
    • ♦General Policy
    • ♦Items Found on the Right of Way
    • ♦Litter Inside City Limits
    • ♦Animal Remains
    • ♦Litter Barrels
    • ♦Solid Waste Disposal
    • ♦Sanitary Landfill Operations
    • ♦Adopt-A-Highway Program
  • ►3. Vegetation Management
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Vegetation Management
    • ♦Chemical Selection for Control of Pests
    • ♦Training in Pesticide Application
    • ♦Wildflower Program
    • ♦Brush Control, Tree Removal and Tree Trimming
    • ♦Landscape Agreement
  • ►4. Roadside Drainage
    • ♦General Roadside Drainage Guidelines
    • ♦Maintenance and Repair
    • ♦Erosion Control
  • ►5. Culverts and Storm Drains
    • ♦Maintenance Policy
    • ♦Maintenance and Repair
  • ►6. Safety Rest Areas and Picnic Areas
    • ♦Maintenance
    • ♦Historic Picnic Areas
    • ♦New Safety Rest Areas or Picnic Areas
    • ♦Closing of Safety Rest Areas or Picnic Areas
  • ►7. Guardrail, Barriers and Attenuators
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Guardrail
    • ♦Attenuators
  • ►8. Stockpiles on Right of Way
    • ♦Location of Stockpiles
    • ♦Lease Stockpile Site
  • ►9. Fire Control and Prevention
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Fireguards
  • ►10. Right of Way Encroachments
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Homeless Encampments
• ▼3. Bridges
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Bridge Maintenance
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Bridge Maintenance Policy
  • ►3. Bridge Inspection
    • ♦Routine Safety Inspections
    • ♦Off-Year Bridge Maintenance Inspection
    • ♦Damage Inspections
    • ♦Program Coordination
    • ♦Completing MBITS Forms
    • ♦Record Retention
    • ♦Where to Find Additional Information
  • ►4. Bridge Maintenance Actions
    • ♦Bridge Joints
    • ♦Bridge Bearings
    • ♦Bridge Drainage
    • ♦Bridge Drains
    • ♦Asphalt Treated Surfaces on Bridges
    • ♦Penetrating Concrete Surface Treatment
    • ♦Washing Bridge Decks
    • ♦Concrete Spall Repair
  • ►5. Measuring Vertical Clearance
    • ♦Measuring Vertical Clearance
    • ♦Clearance Determination
    • ♦Requirements for New Measurements
    • ♦Signs
  • ►6. Bridges Over Navigable Waterways
    • ♦Additional Inspection and Maintenance Requirements
    • ♦Lighting
  • ►7. Ferry Guidelines
    • ♦General Maintenance
    • ♦Regulations
• ►4. Traffic Operations
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Purpose
    • ♦References
    • ♦Other Resources
  • ►2. Signs
    • ♦Maintenance Policy
    • ♦Sign Maintenance Activities
  • ►3. Signals and Illumination
    • ♦Signals
    • ♦Illumination
  • ►4. Pavement Markings and Delineators
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Striping
    • ♦Temporary Markings
    • ♦Pavement Graphics
    • ♦Raised Reflective Pavement Markers
    • ♦Shoulder Texturing Treatments
    • ♦Delineators and Object Markers
• ►5. Emergency Operations
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Snow and Ice Operations
    • ♦Snow and Ice Control
    • ♦Priority of Work
    • ♦District Plan
    • ♦Snow and Ice Control Methods
    • ♦Road Closures
    • ♦Highway Condition Report (HCR)
    • ♦Railroad Grade Crossing
  • ►3. Emergency Spill Response
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Spill Response
    • ♦Spill Response Preparation
  • ►4. Response to Wildfires
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Request for TxDOT Assistance
    • ♦Functions of TxDOT Employees in Fighting Fires
    • ♦Fireguard Policy
  • ►5. Accidents and Incidents
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Incident Response
    • ♦Spilled Cargo
    • ♦Removal
    • ♦Notification
    • ♦Storage of Property (other than vehicles)
    • ♦Removal of Vehicles
  • ►6. Homeland Security
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Reporting
  • ►7. Bridge Collapse Response
    • ♦Purpose
    • ♦Policy
• ►6. Work For or By Others
  • ►1. Overview of Work For or By Others
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. Adopt-a-Highway Program
    • ♦Purpose
  • ►3. Park Road and TPWD Facilities Maintenance
    • ♦Background
    • ♦TxDOT Responsibilities
    • ♦TPWD Responsibilities
    • ♦Local Points of Contact
  • ►4. Boat Ramp Maintenance
    • ♦Authority for Maintaining Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Boat Ramps
    • ♦TxDOT Responsibilities
    • ♦TPWD Responsibilities
    • ♦Public Boat Ramp Signs
  • ►5. Airport Maintenance
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Aviation Division Responsibilities
  • ►6. Mental Health and Mental Retardation Facilities Maintenance
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦TxDOT Responsibilities
    • ♦MHMR Responsibilities
    • ♦Local Points of Contact

Chapter 3: Bridges

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Section 1: Overview

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Summary

This chapter deals with the policies, procedures and materials used in the maintenance of the state's bridges, moveable span bridges and ferries in order to assure uninterrupted, safe traffic flow and protection of investment.