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Bridges and Structures > Load and Resistance Factor Design

• Policy

  Document	Date	Contact(s)
  Approval of the use of structural design standards	4/11/2022	Derek Soden, Office of Bridges and Structures
  Revisions to the Recording and Coding Guide for the Structure, Inventory and Appraisal of the Nation's Bridges (Coding Guide) - Item 31, Design Load, and Items 63 and 65, Method Used to Determine Operating and Inventory Ratings	2/02/2011	Stephen Bartha, Office of Bridges and Structures Shay Burrows, Office of Bridges and Structures

• Guidance

  Document	Date	Contact(s)
  Manual for Refined Analysis in Bridge Design and Evaluation	May, 2019	Derek Soden, Office of Bridges and Structures
  Report on Techniques for Bridge Strengthening	April, 2019	Derek Soden, Office of Bridges and Structures
  Use and Inspection of Adhesive Anchors in Federal-Aid Projects (T 5140.34)	1/16/2018	Derek Soden, Office of Bridges and Structures
  Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) for Highway Bridge Superstructures	July, 2016	Derek Soden, Office of Bridges and Structures
  LRFD Seismic Analysis and Design of Bridges Reference Manual	October, 2014	Jerry Shen, Office of Bridges and Structures
  Bridge Load Ratings for the National Bridge Inventory	10/30/2006	Lubin Gao, Office of Bridges and Structures
  Hoan Bridge Failure Investigation	7/10/2001	Dayi Wang, Office of Bridges and Structures Derek Soden, Office of Bridges and Structures
  Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD)	6/28/2000	Lubin Gao, Office of Bridges and Structures Derek Soden, Office of Bridges and Structures

• Information

  Document	Date	Contact(s)
  Concrete Bridge Shear Load Rating Guide and Examples: Using the Modified Compression Field Theory	4/01/2022	Lubin Gao, Office of Bridges and Structures
  Evaluation of Steel Bridge Details for Susceptibility to Constraint-Induced Fracture	November 29, 2021	Dayi Wang, Office of Bridges and Structures
  Proposed LRFD Specifications for Noncomposite Steel Box-Section Members	July, 2019	Derek Soden, Office of Bridges and Structures

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