Short Span Steel Bridges 
eSPAN140 Featured in Informed Infrastructure Steel Product Software Guide
eSPAN140 is featured in Informed Infrastructure’s 2023 Steel Product and Design/Fabrication Software Guide.
This guide showcases the latest steel software products used by civil and structural engineers throughout the industry.
The Jesup South Bridge in Buchanan County, Iowa, was designed using eSPAN140.
The SSSBA’s eSPAN140 is a free-to-use, interactive web-based design tool for short span steel bridges up to 140 feet long, providing bridge professionals with an all in-one resource to design rolled beam, plate girder and buried soil structures.
eSPAN140 provides standard designs and details, which expedite the overall design of the structure to ultimately reduce the overall project delivery time.
Over 7,000 preliminary design solutions have been generated by bridge owners and designers since 2012, and the online tool was updated in 2020 to include press-brake tub girder solutions and simplified buried bridge options.
It also includes design details such as elastomeric bearings, bearing stiffeners, intermediate, and end diaphragms and connections provided by SSSBA member companies.
It takes 5-minutes or less to complete your design – get started today!
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What is eSPAN140?
eSPAN140 is an innovative, interactive web-based preliminary design tool to assist bridge professionals in the optimal, most cost-effective design of short span steel bridges (those with spans up to 140 feet). It provides bridge professionals with a single resource to find optimized steel solutions for their projects—a “one-stop shop” for steel fabrication and erection details.
To begin to use eSPAN140, simply go to www.eSPAN140.com and create a free account. Then input information about your specific project, including span length, number of striped traffic lanes, skew angle and design speed, among other requirements. eSPAN140 then provides a customized “Steel Bridge Solutions Book” in PDF file format based on the specific input provided.
The Solutions Book includes:
– Standard designs for rolled beam, plate girder, buried bridge, and press brake tub girders.– Contact information to design and build your bridge, as well as to provide pricing information.
-Access to complimentary design support.
Education
Steel Bridges for Smarter, Faster Construction – On-Demand Steel Bridge Video Series
This three-part on-demand video series covers integral abutments, simple for dead continuous for live designs and prefabricated bridge options.
Design
Video: Preliminary Design Using eSPAN140, Part 2
This video provides a complete real-time example for a typical short-span project using eSPAN140.
Design
Video: Preliminary Design Using eSPAN140, Part 1
This video provides background information and context behind solutions reported by eSPAN140.