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THE AASHTO LRFD DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR BRIDGES - THE PATH TO ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION

John M. Kulicki, Dennis R. Mertz

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In 1993, following a five-year concentrated effort, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) adopted new specifications for bridge design as a co-equal to the time honored standard specifications - The AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications. This paper summarizes the development of the specifications, outlines the decision-making process, introduces how reliability-based design and limit states are related to design load combinations, describes the limit state philosophy and introduces post-adoption maintenance and education efforts.

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In 1993, following a five-year concentrated effort, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) adopted new specifications for bridge design as a co-equal to the time honored standard specifications - The AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications. This paper summarizes the development of the specifications, outlines the decision-making process, introduces how reliability-based design and limit states are related to design load combinations, describes the limit state philosophy and introduces post-adoption maintenance and education efforts.

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In 1993, following a five-year concentrated effort, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) adopted new specifications for bridge design as a co-equal to the time honored standard specifications - The AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications. This paper summarizes the development of the specifications, outlines the decision-making process, introduces how reliability-based design and limit states are related to design load combinations, describes the limit state philosophy and introduces post-adoption maintenance and education efforts.

Key concepts: Bridge (graph theory), Engineering, State highway, Path (computing), Limit state design, State (computer science), Reliability (semiconductor), Transport engineering

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