BRIDGE RULES

RULES SPECIFYING THE LOADS FOR DESIGNING THE SUPER-STRUCTURE

AND SUB-STRUCTURE OF BRIDGES AND FOR ASSESSING THE
STRENGTH OF EXISTING BRIDGES

APPENDIX IV(d)
MG ‘C’ CLASS LOADING - 1929
METRE GAUGE – 1000 mm

Equivalent Uniformly Distributed Load (EUDL) In Kilo Newtons (tonnes) for Bending Moment
and Shear Force for cushions of various depth and spans upto and including 8m
For Bending Moment, L is equal to the effective NOTE:
span in metres. (1) For intermediate values of L and
For Shear Force, L is the loaded length in cushions the EUDL shall be arrived at
metres to give the maximum Shear Force in the by linear interpolation.
member. (2) The figures given below do not
include dynamic effects.

L EUDL for Bending Moment EUDL for Shear Force

(m)
cushion (mm) cushion (mm)

200 300 600 200 300 600

kN t kN t kN t kN t kN t kN t

1.0 127 12.9 119 12.1 95 9.7 127 12.9 119 12.1 95 9.7

1.5 137 14.0 132 13.5 117 11.9 157 16.0 155 15.8 132 13.5

2.0 155 15.8 152 15.5 139 14.2 201 20.5 193 19.7 170 17.3

2.5 166 16.9 165 16.8 164 16.7 225 22.9 218 22.2 199 20.3

3.0 193 19.7 189 19.3 182 18.6 251 25.6 243 24.8 219 22.3

3.5 272 27.7 269 27.4 261 26.6 283 28.9 277 28.2 256 26.1

4.0 275 28.0 268 27.3 267 27.2 310 31.6 303 30.9 282 28.8

4.5 297 30.3 295 30.1 290 29.6 343 35.0 336 34.3 316 32.2

5.0 326 33.2 325 33.1 320 32.6 373 38.0 366 37.3 347 35.4

6.0 376 38.3 375 38.2 371 37.8 422 43.0 416 42.4 398 40.6

7.0 421 42.9 419 42.7 416 42.4 472 48.1 466 47.5 449 45.8

8.0 466 47.5 465 47.4 462 47.1 511 52.1 506 51.6 491 50.1