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This document provides design specifications for a half-through truss pedestrian bridge with tubular members. Key details include a 72 foot span, 10 foot deck width, and tubular steel members for chords, posts, and diagonals. Design loads included are 200 psf dead load, 450 plf pedestrian live load, an occasional maintenance vehicle, and 100 mph wind load. The pedestrian live load governs truss design while the vehicle load controls the floor system design.

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Bridge Example

This document provides design specifications for a half-through truss pedestrian bridge with tubular members. Key details include a 72 foot span, 10 foot deck width, and tubular steel members for chords, posts, and diagonals. Design loads included are 200 psf dead load, 450 plf pedestrian live load, an occasional maintenance vehicle, and 100 mph wind load. The pedestrian live load governs truss design while the vehicle load controls the floor system design.

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AASHTO LRFD Guide Specification Pedestrian Bridge Design Example

Half-Through Truss Bridge with Tubular Members

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF KEY PROVISIONS OF GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS


Load and Resistance Factor Design
GENERAL INFORMATION
Specifications Used:
- AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, 2008 (AASHTO LRFD)
- AASHTO Standard Specificationsfor Structural Supports for
Highway Signs, Luminaires and Traffic Signals, 2008 (AASHTO Signs)
- LRFD Guide Specifications for Pedestrian Bridges (Specification)
Geometry:

Span =
Deck width, wdeck =
CL-CL trusses =
A500, Gr. B, Fy =

72
10
10.5
46

ft.
ft.
ft.
ksi

TRUSS MEMBERS: All Structural Tubing


Top and Bottom Chords:
Section: 6 x 3 x 5/16" structural tubing
in2
A=
4.98
w=
16.96
plf

End Posts:
Section: 6 x 3 x 5/16" structural tubing
in2
A=
4.98
w=
16.96
plf
Vertical Posts:
Section: 5 x 3 x 5/16" structural tubing
in2
A=
4.36
w=
14.83
plf
Ix = Ic =
13.2
in4
Diagonals:
Section: 4 x 3 x 1/4" structural tubing
in2
A=
3.09
w=
10.51
plf
FLOORBEAMS:
Section:
Ix = Ib =
Sx =
Spacing =

W8x10
30.8
7.81
6

in4
in3
ft. at each panel point

DEAD LOAD:
Weight of each truss =

60

plf per truss

Assumed deck loading =

25

psf

Weight of deck & floor system = 25 psf x 10.50 ft. / 2


=
132
plf per truss
Total dead load = 60 plf + 132 plf
=
192
plf

Use

200

plf

PEDESTRIAN LIVE LOAD:

(Specification, Article 3.1)

MAIN MEMBERS: Trusses

- The deck area may be used to compute design pedestrian live load for all main member components
(truss members). The deck area is the non-zero influence surface for all such components.
- Use 90 psf without impact.

Live load per truss = pedestrian loading x deck width / 2


= 90 psf x 10.0 ft. / 2
=
450
plf
SECONDARY MEMBERS: Deck, Stringers, Floorbeams
- Use 90 psf without impact.
VEHICLE LOAD:

(Specification, Article 3.2)

- Vehicular access is not prevented by fixed physical methods, therefore, the pedestrian bridge should be
designed for an occassional single maintenance vehicle load.
- Use Table 3.2-1 for Minimum Axle Loads and Spacings.
- The vehicular load shall not be placed in combination with the pedestrian load. Consideration of impact
is not included with this vehicular loading.
Use the following vehicle for a clear deck width between 7 ft. and 10 ft.
Front axle =
Rear axle =

2
8

k
k

Axle spacing =
Wheel spacing =

14
6

ft.
ft.

Note: For this example, the pedestrian load controls for the truss design; however, the
vehicle load will control for the floor system design.
WIND LOAD:
- Assume 100 mph design wind.

(Specification, Article 3.4)

- Use wind load as specified in the AASHTO Signs , Articles 3.8 and 3.9.
- Neglect wind load on the live load vehicle.

- The design life shall be taken as 50 years for the purpose of calculating the wind loading.

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