DMRB Volume 1 Section 3 Part 12 (BA 42/96) Highway structures: Approval procedures and general design. General design. Design of integral bridges

Publication Year

1996

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Covers the design of integral highway bridges without expansion joints. Integral bridges are designed without any expansion joints between spans or between spans and abutments. Resistance to longitudinal thermal movements and braking loads is provided by the stiffness of the soil abutting the end supports and, in some cases by the stiffness of the intermediate supports. This Advice Note is applicable to bridges of steel, concrete and composite construction, including precast and prestressed concrete. The Advice Note describes the movements and loads which may be used in the design of integral bridges, and provides requirements for some design details.

Document History

DMRB 1.3.12. Design manual for roads and bridges (DMRB). Old series - DMRB Departmental Advice Notes (Bridges and Structures).

ISBN

9780115517228

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