DMRB Volume 1 Section 3 Part 12 (BA 42/96) Highway structures: Approval procedures and general design. General design. Design of integral bridges (Including Amendment No.1 and NRA addendum - Oct 2003)
Publication Year
1996
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Covers the design of integral highway bridges without expansion joints. 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. Applicable to bridges of steel, concrete and composite construction, including precast and prestressed concrete.
Document History
Superseded by NRA BD 42/14, NRA DMRB 3.5.10 which includes Annex A NRA addendum to BA 42/96 Amendment No. 1, and Annex B BA 42/96 Amendment No. 1 The design of integral bridges. NRA DMRB 1.3.12 Amendment number 1 dated May 2003.
Publisher Information
National Roads Authority
The National Roads Authority's (NRA) primary function, under the Roads Act 1993, was to secure the provision of a safe and efficient network of National roads. They were responsible for the planning and supervision of construction and maintenance, publishing the NRA DMRB and NRA MCDRW. In 2016 the NRA merged with the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) to form a new organisation, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
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