COMPREHENSIVE TRUCK SIZE AND WEIGHT STUDY PHASE 1 SYNTHESIS: WORKING PAPER 4 - BRIDGES AND TRUCK SIZE AND WEIGHT REGULATIONS

The fourth working paper in Phase 1 of the Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study discusses the technical relationships of policy consequence concerning bridges. It presents information on bridge design considerations, truck characteristics affecting bridges, recommended bridge formulae for computing the maximum weights for axle group to protect bridges, and estimates from recent studies of changes in bridge costs associated with changes in truck size and weight limits.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/tswstudy/TSWwp4.pdf
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4738
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101

  Battelle Team

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201
• Publication Date: 1995-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 29 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axles; Bridges; Costs; Design; Regulations; Size; Trucks; Vehicle characteristics; Weight
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Vehicles and Equipment; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00762431
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 5 1999 12:00AM