A RATIONAL PROCEDURE FOR OVERWEIGHT PERMITS

A rational procedure for calculating safe permit loads for vehicles as governed by the bridges on the route without having to analytically evaluate all the bridges is given. The basis of the procedure is the worst combination of maximum vehicle weights that a bridge is likely to have sustained during its lifetime. With the severest load combination as the datum, maximum increases over legal loads for normal traffic are calculated for control vehicles. Expressions for calculating the modification factors corresponding to two- and three-lane loadings are also provided.

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  • This paper appeared in Transportation Research Record Number 950, Volume 1, Second Bridge Engineering Conference conducted by the Transportation Research Board and the Federal Highway Administration, September 24-26, 1984. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Structures Maintenance. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Bakht, Baidar
  • Jaeger, Leslie G
• Conference:
  • Bridge Engineering Conference, 2nd, 1984, Washington, DC, USA
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 59-70
• Monograph Title: Second bridge engineering conference. volumes 1 and 2
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 950
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Calculation; Load limits; Oversize loads; Overweight loads; Permits; Regulation; Size and weight regulations; Vehicle weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation; Modifications
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390847
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 03090036593
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM