Bridge Library

Any manual that is available on the ISDDC web site will have the link (ISDDC) after the title. This link will take you to the publication information page for the specific manual. From this site you can order or download the manual.

If you can not find the manual you are looking for here, you can also check the Geotechnical, Hydraulics, or Bridge Program publication lists.

• Bridges

  • TechBrief: Strengthening Historic Covered Bridges to Carry Modern Traffic, FHWA-HRT-07-041
  • Expedited Concrete Box Girder Bridge Removals Over the Interstate in One-Night Interstate Closures
  • Post-Tensioning Tendon Installation and Grouting Manual
    
    

• Bridge Program

  • The Impact of Load Rating Methods on Federal Bridge Program Funding
  • Conversion Program Documentation Users Guide
  • Edit Update Program Documentation Users Guide
  • Errata Sheet for Coding Guide
  • Example Quality Control/Quality Assurance Programs
  • Heated Bridge Technology Report on ISTEA Sec. 6005 Program (8.1 mb)
  • Recording and Coding Guide for the Structure Inventory and Appraisal of the Nations Bridges
  • SI&A Program Documentation Users Guide
  • Tables of Frequently Requested Information
  • Underwater Evaluation And Repair of Bridge Components (ISDDC)
  • Underwater Inspection of Bridges (ISDDC)
  
  

• Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

  • "Performance Investigation of a Fiber Reinforced Composite Honeycomb Deck for Bridge Applications" Final Report, Ondrej Kalný, M.S.C.E., and Robert J. Peterman, Ph.D., P.E., Kansas State University. February 2005.
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites - Applications in the USA
  • A Successful Beginning for Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Materials in Bridge Applications
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Materials for Bridges
  
  

• Geotechnical

  • FHWA Electronic Geotechnical Publications
  
  

• High Performance Concrete

  • Applications of Self-Compacting Concrete in Japan, Europe and the United States
  • Implementation Program on High Performance Concrete Guidelines for Instrumentation of Bridges
  
  

• Hydraulics

  • FHWA Electronic Hydraulics Publications
  
  

• Inspection

  • Bridge Inspector's Reference Manual, December 2006 (NHI)
  • Guidelines for the Installation, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals
  • Inspection of Fracture Critical Bridge Members (ISDDC)
  
  

• LRFD

  Please contact Tom Saad for information about the following LRFD manuals:
  • LRFD Design Example for Steel Girder Superstructure Bridge - US Customary Units
  • Comprehensive Design Example for Prestressed Concrete Girder Superstructure Bridge - US Customary Units
  • Comprehensive Design Example for Prestressed Concrete Girder Superstructure Bridge - SI Units
  
  

• Materials

  • AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee Subcommittee on New Highway Materials and Technologies Summary Report 2004

• Segmental Concrete Bridge Technology

  • Corrosion from Bleed Water in Grouted Post-Tensioned Tendons prepared by Matthew Bricker and Andrea Schokker of the Penn State University. The report was recently published as a PCA publication RD137.
    
    

• Steel Fabrication

  • Guide for Heat-Straightening of Damaged Steel Bridge Members
    
    

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