Multi-Column Piers

AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications

FDOT Structures Design Guidelines

FDOT Structures Design Office - Engineering Programs

Plans Preparation Manual – English (Volume I)

Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction

Components:

Pier Footings

Foundations

AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications
2.3.2.2.1 | Location Features – Bridge Site Arrangement – Traffic Safety – Protection of Structures
2.3.2.2.5 | Location Features – Bridge Site Arrangement – Traffic Safety – Vessel Collisions
2.4 | Foundation Investigation
2.5.5 | Design Objectives - Bridge Aesthetics
2.6.4.4 | Hydrology and Hydraulics – Hydraulic Analysis - Bridge Foundations
Section 3 | Loads and Load Factors
5.4 | Material Properties
5.5 | Limit States
5.6 | Design Considerations
5.7 | Design for Flexural and Axial Force Effects
5.8 | Shear and Torsion
5.10 | Details of Reinforcement
5.11 | Development and Splices of Reinforcement
5.12 | Durability
5.14.2.6 | Provisions for Structure Types – Segmental Construction - Segmental Bridge Substructures
App. 5.5 | Substructure Design
11.7 | Piers

FDOT Structures Design Guidelines
1.3 | Environmental Classification
1.4 | Concrete Structures
1.4.1 | Concrete Cover
Chap. 2 | Loads and Load Factors
3.4 | Lateral Load
3.9 | Mass Concrete
3.10 | Crack Control Requirements for Piers, Footings, and Walls
3.11 | Piers, Columns, and Footing Design
7.3 | Analysis and Design
Chap. 9 | Bridge Cost Estimating

FDOT Structures Design Office – Engineering Programs
FB - Pier |
Pile Bent Program |

Plans Preparation Manual - English (Volume I)
2.10 | Vertical Clearance
2.11.6 | Horizontal Clearance and Clear Zone - Horizontal Clearance to Bridge Piers and Abutments
6.3 | Grade Separation
Chap 26 | Bridge Project Development
For current Plans Preparation Manual: http://www.fdot.gov/roadway/PPMManual/PPM.htm

Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction
Section 346 | Portland Cement Concrete
Section 400 | Concrete Structures
Section 415 | Reinforcing Steel
Section 455 | General (455-1 through 455-2)
For current specifications: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/specificationsoffice