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<p class="whs9">July 2006</p>
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<p class="whs10">STRUCTURES MANUAL</p>
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 LRFD Bridge Design examples for AASHTO Girder and Flat Slab Structures.</td></tr>

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<p class="whs17">Miscellaneous Structures 
 Guidelines (available in future release) - FDOT Design Criteria for Sign, 
 Signal, &amp; Lighting Structures, and Sound Barriers.</td></tr>

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 and links by structural component</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">&nbsp; </span>

<p class="whs17">For interim Guidelines, 
 see the <a href="http://www.dot.state.fl.us/structures/Memos/memos.htm"
			target=_blank
			style="font-weight: normal;
					font-style: normal;
					font-family: Georgia, serif;
					color: #0000ff;">SDO Temporary Design Bulletins</a>.</p>

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 or questions to the <a href="mailto:charles.boyd@dot.state.fl.us"
						style="font-weight: normal;
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