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... 2 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction Background Design of movable highway bridges has traditionally utilized ASD methodology. In 2000, there was a major update to the AASHTO LRFD Movable Bridge Highway Design Specifications (MHBDS)
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... 3 Research Approach The aforementioned research objectives were executed over a period of four phases made up of a total of 13 tasks. The main aspects of the project included • A review and synthesis of literature; • A survey of current industry practice in relation to movable bridge design (including other foreign standards)
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... 4 • Appendix A: SI Versions of Equations, Tables, and Figures • Appendix B: System Reliability Considerations

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