Design Manual for Roads and Bridges: Volume 1

Highway Structures: Approval Procedures and General Design

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• Section 1 Approval Procedures
• Section 2 Other Procedural Documents
•      Section 3 General Design

  Part 1

  BD 24/92 The Design of Concrete Highway Bridges and Structures. Use of BS 5400: Part 4: 1990

  Part 2

  BD 15/92 General Principles for the Design and Construction of Bridges. Use of BS 5400: Part 1: 1988

  Part 3

  BD 49/01 Design Rules for Aerodynamic Effects on Bridges

  Part 4

  BA 40/93 Tack Welding of Reinforcing Bars

  Part 5

  BD 60/04 Design of Highway Bridges for Vehicle Collision Loads

  Part 6

  BA 59/94 Design of Highway Bridges for Hydraulic Action

  Part 7

  BD 57/01 Design for Durability

  Part 8

  BA 57/01 Design for Durability

  Part 9

  BD 58/94 Design of Bridges and Concrete Structures with External and Unbonded Prestressing

  Part 10

  BA 58/94 Design of Bridges and Concrete Structures with External and Unbonded Prestressing

  Part 11

  BA 41/98 The Design and Appearance of Bridges

  Part 12

  BA 42/96 The Design of Integral Bridges [Incorporating Amendment No.1 dated May 2003]

  Part 13

  BA 53/94 Bracing Systems and the Use of U-Frames in Steel Highway Bridges

  Part 14

  • BD 10/97 Design of Highway Structures in Areas of Mining Subsidence
  • BD 9/81 Implementation of BS 5400: Part 10: 1980 - Code of Practice for Fatigue
  • BD 13/06 Design of Steel Bridges. Use of BS 5400-3:2000
  • BD 16/82 Design of Composite Bridges. Use of BS 5400: Part 5: 1979
    [Incorporating Amendment No.1 dated December 1987]
  • BD 28/87 Early Thermal Cracking of Concrete
    [Incorporating Amendment No.1 dated August 1989]
  • BD 37/01 Loads for Highway Bridges
  • BA 9/81 The Use of BS 5400 Part 10: 1980 - Code of Practice for Fatigue
    [Incorporating Amendment No.1 dated November 1983]
  • BA 19/85 The Use of BS 5400: Part 3: 1982
  • BA 24/87Early Thermal Cracking of Concrete
    [Incorporating Amendment No.1 dated August 1989]

  Part 15

  BA 84/02 Use of Stainless Steel Reinforcement in Highway Structures

  Part 16

  BD 84/02 Strengthening of Concrete Bridge Supports for Vehicle Impact Using Fibre Reinforced Polymers

  Part 17

  BD 90/05 Design of FRP Bridges and Highway Structures

• Note. The application of the following Technical Memoranda (Bridges) to particular structures should be agreed with the TAA (see BD 2/05):
• BE 23 Shear Key Decks
  [Incorporating Amendment No.1 to Annex dated June 1971] BE 5/75 Rules for the Design and Use of Freyssinet Concrete Hinges in Highway Structures
  Scottish Addendum applicable for use in Scotland