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Design / Steel & concrete

Deck Slab (Table A4-1)

Check the reinforcement of an interior deck slab span on parallel girders. Live load moments come from AASHTO LRFD Table A4-1, interpolated for the girder spacing and the negative moment design section; dead load moments are w S²/C. Checks flexural strength, minimum steel, crack control, spacing, distribution and temperature steel. To size bars from a full strip analysis, including the overhang, use Bridge Deck Design.

Geometry
ft
in
in
ft
ea
Girder
in
in
in
Materials
ksi
ksi
pcf
Loads
psf
psf
psf
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Transverse bars
in
in
Longitudinal bars
in
in
Cover
in
in