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NSBA Posts Updated Guide to Navigating Routine Steel Bridge Design
The following excerpt was provided by the National Steel Bridge Alliance.
Watch this video for a quick tutorial on how to use the Navigating Routine Steel Bridge Design guide.
Routine steel I-girder bridges – straight bridges with little or no skew, span lengths up to 200 feet and routine framing and girder configurations – are the workhorses of the steel bridge world.
That’s why the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) has made it much easier and faster to design and check these common bridges.
NSBA teamed up with two leading consultants, HDR and MA Grubb and Associates, to make sure that the guide is accurate and practical for design engineers, DOTs, and fabricators.
Navigating Routine Steel Bridge Design complements the 9th Edition AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications and addresses the design of steel superstructures for routine steel l-girder bridges.
This streamlined design guide is a series of hyperlinked checklists that walk engineers and designers through the process, step by step, focusing on the specific provisions of the AASHTO Specifications that apply to these routine bridges.
Download the guide from the NSBA website to start designing and checking routine steel I-girder bridges more efficiently.
Does the SSSBA offer educational opportunities?
Yes! The SSSBA offers educational opportunities to students and professionals:
Professionals: The SSSBA provides complimentary half-day or full-day workshops on short span steel bridge design to states, counties, and design firms. Topics covered include practical and cost-effective steel bridge design and fabrication with eSPAN140, press-brake-formed steel tub girders, steel buried bridge design, galvanized coating solutions, and economical design with case studies, and more. The workshops can take place virtually or in-person, compliments of the steel industry. Learn more.
Students: The University of Wyoming and the Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance created a free 6-part live-lecture educational series to cover the many aspects of designing, fabricating, and constructing steel bridges. All students who successfully complete the education series will receive a Certificate of Completion from the University of Wyoming. Learn more.
Speakers: The SSSBA provides expert speakers to present topics of interest on the cost-effective design and construction of short span steel bridges. If you need a speaker for your next event, contact the SSSBA.
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