Bridge weight-limit posting practice
By: Roy A. Imbsen ; topic panel, A.C. Agarwal ... [et al.].
Contributors: Agarwal, A. C.; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
Series: Synthesis of highway practice / National Cooperative Highway Research Program,; 108; Synthesis of highway practice ;; 108.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Bridges -- Live loads.
Description: Highway agencies use posted weight-limits to allow continued, limited use of bridges for which the maximum legal load produces stresses in excess of specified levels. This report of the Transportation Research Board contains background information on load-limit posting practices and includes a review of administrative and engineering factors considered in current practice.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 23.
"August 1984."