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| This report is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information |
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| Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-039 Date: January 2016 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-039 Date: January 2016 |
Documents reviewed.
| Document | Affiliated Agency | Relevant Information |
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| Accident Report NTSB/HAR-08-03 Collapse of I–35W Highway Bridge Minneapolis, Minnesota August 1, 2007.(1) | NTSB | Final report presenting the conclusion of the NTSB’s investigation of the I–35W Highway Bridge in Minneapolis, MN. |
| Safety Recommendation H‑08‑001.(5) | NTSB | First recommendation from NTSB to FHWA following I–35W Bridge collapse. |
| Safety Recommendation H‑08‑001 Correspondence between NTSB and FHWA.[o] | NTSB, FHWA | Correspondence between the two agencies regarding the recommendation that FHWA require bridge owners to rate gusset plate load capacity. |
| FHWA Technical Advisory 5140.29 (Load-carrying Capacity Considerations of Gusset Plates in Non-load-path Redundant Steel Truss Bridges).(6) | FHWA | Provides recommendations for supplementing the AASHTO procedures for load rating steel truss bridges with respect to gusset plates. |
| FHWA-IF-09-014 Load Rating Guidance and Examples For Bolted and Riveted Gusset Plates In Truss Bridges.(10) | FHWA | First publication from FHWA providing guidelines to bridge owners in meeting the requirements of FHWA Technical Advisory 5140.29. |
| NCHRP Web-Only Document 197 Guidelines for the Load and Resistance Factor Design and Rating of Riveted and Bolted Gusset-Plate Connections for Steel Bridges.(2) | NCHRP | Final document with gusset plate load rating specifications developed by AASHTO and FHWA; closed out NCHRP Project 12-84. |
o See appendix E.
