concrete beam bridge using fully prestressed beams with harped bonded strands in accordance with the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Third Edition, Customary US Units and through the 2005 Interims. The bridge consists of a 120-foot simple span. The bridge profile is shown in Figure 1 and the typical section is shown in Figure 2. Bridge Design Guide 3-2 TxDOT August 2018 Section 1 General Recommendations Prestressed Concrete Beam and Girder Design TxDOT's policy is held firmly to a 6.0 ksi maximum allowable concrete strength (f'ci) at time of release of prestressing tension. The most severe Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) and MDOT Bridge Division Design Manual (Version 6.1) 11 Beam Design Details Bridge Division utilizes two types of prestressed concrete girders for the design of bridges: 1. AASHTO Shapes 2. Bulb-T Shapes Steel beams, welded plate girders and other special designs are used on an as needed basis. prestressed, concrete bridge girders. This type of bridge provides benefits of rapid construction, and improved structural performance. The research was performed to develop guidelines for design and construction and to address issues that significantly influence performance. The first goal was accomplished by development of guidelines ADVERTISEMENTS: After reading this article you will learn about the design of slab and girder bridges. Introduction: Slab and girder bridges are used when the economical span limit of solid slab bridges is exceeded. For simply supported spans, this limit is generally found to be nearly 10 metres and for continuous or balanced cantilever type [] Design Example: Three-span Continuous Curved Tub-Girder Bridge This material is based upon work supported by the Federal Highway Administration under Cooperative Agreement No. DTFH61-04-H-00026. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necssarily reflect the Design of Short Span Steel Bridges 2012 Instructor: Frank Russo, Ph.D. & John C. Huang, Ph.D., PE Other important aspects of steel bridge design are considerations of the design or plate girder bridge in the short to medium span range will be at or near to the yield wsdot.wa.gov The paper presented herein deals with the analysis and design of T-beam bridge super structure using Limit State Method of design irrespective of conventional Working Stress Method of design. Indian standard code is followed and basically the design Steel plate girder cross-section proportions: Flange width Section 2.2.1 of Preferred Practices and in TxDOT Bridge Design Manual (Policy). For curved girders, flange width no less than 25% of the web depth For straight girders, flange width no less than 20% of the web depth . 9 Web depth. Flange width . SECTION OF GIRDER The NU Girder Bridge Design and Detailing Manual documents current best practices for NU Girder bridge designs in Alberta. It is intended to supplement the requirements of the Bridge Structures Design Criteria (BSDC). The manual focuses on the design and detailing of NU Girder bridges. It also touches on conceptual design