ORN9: A guide to small bridge design for highway engineers
Guidelines for the planning stage, through site investigations, materials analysis, hydraulic design and structural design
Abstract
Small bridges and culverts are an essential part of every road network being far more common than large structures and simpler to design and build. This manual presents guidelines for the whole design process from the planning stage, through site investigations, materials analysis, hydraulic design and structural design to the final presentation in the form of drawings and specifications. “Small” here is taken to mean single or multi-span bridges with individual spans no more than 12m long, i.e. one span to bridge a two-lane highway with shoulders or two spans to bridge a dual carriageway
Citation
J D Parry, D M Brooks, T E Jones and N C Hewitt (2000) A design manual for small bridges. Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) Overseas Road note 9