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Publication Code Publication Title Publication Year Last Errata Update Publication #
HEC 16 Highways in the River Environment: Roads, Rivers, and Floodplains, Second Edition  2023  FHWA-HIF-23-004 
TechBrief Scour Design within AASHTO LRFD Limit States  2023  FHWA-HIF-23-040 
TechBrief Scour Considerations within AASHTO LRFD Design Specifications  2021  FHWA-HIF-19-060 
TechBrief Pier Scour Estimation for Tsunami at Bridges, Office of Research, Development, and Technology  2021  FHWA-HRT-21-073 
HEC 25 Highways in the Coastal Environment - 3rd edition  2020  FHWA-HIF-19-059 
TechBrief Hydraulic Considerations for Shallow Abutment Foundations  2018  02/24/2021 FHWA-HIF-19-007 
HRT Hydraulic Performance of Shallow Foundations for The Support of Vertical-Wall Bridge Abutments  2017  FHWA-HRT-17-013 
HRT Updating HEC-18 Pier Scour Equations for Noncohesive Soils  2016  FHWA-HRT-16-045 
HEC 18 Evaluating Scour at Bridges, Fifth Edition  2012  FHWA-HIF-12-003 
HEC 20 Stream Stability at Highway Structures Fourth Edition  2012  FHWA-HIF-12-004 
HRT Pier Scour in Clear-Water Conditions With Non-Uniform Bed Materials  2012  FHWA-HRT-12-022 
HRT Submerged Flow Bridge Scour Under Clear Water Conditions  2012  FHWA-HRT-12-034 
HRT Hydrodynamic Forces on Inundated Bridge Decks  2009  FHWA-HRT-09-028 
HRT Bridge Pressure Flow Scour for Clear Water Conditions  2009  FHWA-HRT-09-041 
HEC 23 Bridge Scour and Stream Instability Countermeasures Experience, Selection, and Design Guidance Third Edition, Volume 1  2009  FHWA-NHI-09-111 
HEC 23 Bridge Scour and Stream Instability Countermeasures Experience, Selection, and Design Guidance Third Edition, Volume 2  2009  09/05/2019 FHWA-NHI-09-112 
RD Bottomless Culvert Scour Study: Phase II Laboratory Report  2007  FHWA-HRT-07-026 
HEC 14 Hydraulic Design of Energy Dissipators for Culverts and Channels  2006  10/01/2012 FHWA-NHI-06-086 
HRT Assessing Stream Channel Stability at Bridges in Physiographic Regions  2006  FHWA-HRT-05-072 
HRT Effects of Inlet Geometry on Hydraulic Performance of Box Culverts  2006  FHWA-HRT-06-138 
RD Field Observations and Evaluations of Streambed Scour at Bridges  2005  FHWA-RD-03-052 
RD Enhanced Abutment Scour Studies For Compound Channels  2004  FHWA-RD-99-156 
RD Bridge Scour in Nonuniform Sediment Mixtures and in Cohesive Materials: Synthesis Report  2003  FHWA-RD-03-083 
RD Bottomless Culvert Scour Study: Phase I Laboratory Report  2002  FHWA-RD-02-078 
RD Effects of Gradation and Cohesion on Scour, Volume 6, "Abutment Scour in Uniform and Stratified Sand Mixtures"  1999  FHWA-RD-99-188 
RD Effects of Gradation and Cohesion on Scour, Volume 5, "Effect of Cohesion on Bridge Abutment Scour"  1999  FHWA-RD-99-187 
RD Effects of Gradation and Cohesion on Scour, Volume 4, "Experimental Study of Scour Around Circular Piers in Cohesive Soils"  1999  FHWA-RD-99-186 
RD Effects of Gradation and Cohesion on Scour, Volume 3, "Abutment Scour for Nonuniform Mixtures"  1999  FHWA-RD-99-185 
RD Effects of Gradation and Cohesion on Scour, Volume 2, "Experimental Study of Sediment Gradation and Flow Hydrograph Effects on Clear Water Scour Around Circular Piers"  1999  FHWA-RD-99-184 
RD Effects of Gradation and Cohesion on Scour, Volume 1, "Effect of Sediment Gradation and Coarse Material Fraction on Clear Water Scour Around Bridge Piers"  1999  FHWA-RD-99-183 
RD Portable Instrumentation for Real Time Measurement of Scour At Bridges  1999  FHWA-RD-99-085 
Other Structural Design Manual for Improved Inlets and Culverts  1983  FHWA-IP-83-6 
Updated: 10/10/2023
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