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RECOMMENDED SEISMIC DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE NATION'S HIGHWAY BRIDGES

Christopher Rojahn, Ronald L. Mayes, R Nutt

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Applied Technology Council (ATC), with funding from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), has recently completed two projects that provide recommendations for improved seismic design criteria and specifications. The ATC-32 project report provides provisional recommendations for Caltrans Bridge Design Specifications. The ATC-18 project report reviews currently available seismic design criteria and specifications for highway structures worldwide and provides recommendations for improved national seismic design specifications for highway bridges. These recommendations embody significant changes to current specifications.

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Key concepts: Bridge (graph theory), Engineering, Seismic analysis, Civil engineering, Transport engineering, Construction engineering, Highway engineering, Highway system