BRIDGE WEIGHT-LIMIT POSTING PRACTICE

Highway agencies use posted weight-limits to allow continued, limited use of bridges for which the maximum legal load produces stresses in excess of specified levels. This report of the Transportation Research Board contains background information on load-limit posting practices and includes a review of administrative and engineering factors considered in current practice. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Imbsen, R A
• Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 30 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice
  • Issue Number: 108
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0547-5570

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway bridges; Regulation; Size and weight regulations; Traffic signs; Vehicle weight
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390056
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM