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Importance of Bed Block

The document outlines various types of bridges and their span arrangements, including simply supported, continuous, cantilever, and balanced cantilever bridges. It details limitations on span lengths for different bridge types, as well as considerations for dead loads and live loads according to Indian Road Congress standards. Additionally, it specifies impact allowances for different classes of vehicles on various bridge types.

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Importance of Bed Block

The document outlines various types of bridges and their span arrangements, including simply supported, continuous, cantilever, and balanced cantilever bridges. It details limitations on span lengths for different bridge types, as well as considerations for dead loads and live loads according to Indian Road Congress standards. Additionally, it specifies impact allowances for different classes of vehicles on various bridge types.

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Span arrangement of the bridge

vs
Bed Block/Pier Cap

1) Simply supported bridge


2) Continuous bridge
3) Cantilever bridge
4) Balanced cantilever bridge

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LIMITATIONS OF SPAN LENGTH
(As per general practice based on experience)

Type of bridge Span in mts

Simply supported RCC slab 3 – 10


Simply supported RCC girder 10 – 24
RCC box girder
RCC balanced cantilever 25 – 40
Prestressed concrete girder
Prestressed concrete box girder 35 – 75
Prestressed concrete cantilever 75 – 150
Cable stayed bridge 100 – 800
Suspension bridge 300 - 1500
DEAD LOAD
DEAD LOAD CONSISTS OF LOADS OF ALL COMPONENTS OF SUPER
STRUCTURE:
 DECK SLAB AND GIRDERS
 FOOT PATHS
 WEARING COAT
 KERB
 HAND RAILING
LIVE LOAD
ALL BRIDGES SHALL BE DESIGNED AS PER THE
FOLLOWING INDIAN ROAD CONGRESS LOADINGS:
IRC CLASS A
IRC 70 R LOADING
IMPACT
Impact allowance is a percentage of the applied live load and is for the
dynamic action of live load as listed in table.

Type of Class A and Class AA and 70 R


bridge Class B loadin
loading g
For spans For Spans less For Spans 9.0 m
3.0 to 45 m than 9.0m or more
Tracked Wheeled Tracked Wheeled
vehicle vehicle vehicle vehicle

RCC 4.5/ (6+span 25% upto 5m 25% 10% upto 25% upto
concrete length) reducing 40m and as 12m and as
bridges linearly to per chart per chart
10% for 9m for above for above
40m 12m

Steel 9/ (13.5+ 10% for all 25% upto


bridges span length) spans 23m and as
per chart
for above
23m

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