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Design Considerations For Steel Plate Girder Bridges: Gregory Turco, P.E. Bridge Division
Design Considerations For Steel Plate Girder Bridges: Gregory Turco, P.E. Bridge Division
CONSIDERATIONS FOR
STEEL PLATE GIRDER
BRIDGES
Gregory Turco, P.E.
Bridge Division
1 Presentation Purpose 4
4 Span Configurations 7
8 Bearing Selection 14
9 Camber Diagrams 15
10 Lateral Bracing 16
13 Design Verifications 19
Recently many steel plate girder bridges have had design and construction
issues.
Some of these issues relate to not following the TxDOT Preferred Practices
for Steel bridges.
This presentation is intended to be highlights as to what is in the Preferred
Practices document and to make sure all designers are on the “same page”
when designing steel plate girders for TxDOT.
Some of the discussion points are not necessarily addressed in the Preferred
Practices document.
Developed by TSQC
Available for download online
Provides guidance to help steel bridge
designers working on TxDOT projects to
achieve optimal quality and value in steel
bridges
Provides design, fabrication and erection
guidance
Provides guidance for plate girders, rolled
beams and tub girders
Review this document when initiating a steel
bridge design
Web depth
SECTION OF GIRDER
Web depth
SECTION OF GIRDER
SECTION OF GIRDER
Thinner flange
Thicker flange
Girder web
Steel girder
Bent cap
Web dap
Steel girder
< ~ 1.5'
Concrete buildup
Bent cap
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