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‘The Federal Highway Adminstration (FHW its guidance pamphlet Bridge Formula Weights (august ote.on the last page of the pamphlets sup This guldance provisions of 23 US.C. § purposes of illustration only. tn th Jspute, the statute and regulation take precedence with respect to maximum allowable Federal Bid Forrnula weights, Previous editions of this guidance ‘and no longer valid TTT MULE} Weights Crave MEN} atl} ‘Wit fw exon noted in tis parle, Fo aul BA ig eu estabshes he mma PO TATL ESI wit ay sot of axes ona motor vice tay city onthe trate nighry system. This pamptiet esas the Grdge Form, why twas etalhed, and Row tis see Congress enzetod the Bridge Formula in 1975 to init the weight o-lengt ato ofa vice erasing a bridge. This Is accomplshad ther by seating weight ovr adtnal aces or by increasing the distance between axes, Compliance wit ridge Formula weight ims is determined by sag the folowing formu were [ 2s] = tho oeal grass weight on any group of to more consoctive axes tothe nearest 500 pounds. |= the distance in fet between te outer ales of any raup of two or mare consecutive aes. N= the numberof aes inthe group under consideration, In adton to Bxigge Formula weight its, Federal av states that single ales are ited o 20,000 pounds, and axes closer than 96 inches apart tandem axes) are tmted to 34,000 pounds, Goss vehicle weight is lite to 80,000 pounds (23 use. 127, [Xe ‘ridges onthe intestate Stem highways ae designed to sup or a wide vary of vehicles ané their expected loads. AS trucks grew heavier nthe 1950s ané 1960s, someting had to ‘The tuck shown in Figure & satisfies the sinle-ne weight ‘it 12,000 pounds are fess than 20,000 pounds, he tar erat 20,000 pounds re fess than $4,000 pounds) andthe gros-wight iit 7,000 pounds are less than {80,000 pound}. With tse restrictions satisfiod, a check is one for ridge Formula requirements, anes 1 though 4. ‘Actual Weight= 12,00 + 15,000 + 15,000 + 15,000, 57,000 pounds ‘Maximum weight (W) = 57,500 pounes Bridge Table for" (0123 toot and "Nf 4 aes. ‘Since axles 1 trough 4 ae satisfactory, check axles 2 5,000 + 15,000 + 15,000 = 4,000 ‘Maximum weight () = 42.500 pounds (Bridge Table for“ of 9 foot and" of 3 antes, ‘his a vilaton because the actual weight exceeds the \woght alowed by the Bridge Fora. The load must eer be reduced nes aed, or spacing Increased to comply wit the Bridge Formula, Ouay surance Statement “he Fora HahmayAdmnisaton FINA) roves na ‘ly inomatn sve Govern, ty, and public a manne tat praretes pute ues, ‘Str pols use ensure a acme he ‘aly, eco, ty, ars egy os ermetan FIA porodcaly reviews cual sues ard agus ro- (as and process ers cont uty nov Exception to Formula and Bridge Table In ation othe ranatather rights note on page 8, Federal law (23 U.S.. 127) includes one other exception tothe Byidgo Formula andthe Bride Tble—two consecutive sets cof tandem aes may carry 34,000 pounds each ifthe overall stance between the fet and las anes ofthese tandems is 96 eet or more. For example a fve-aetractorsemialr combination may carry 84,000 pounds both onthe actor tandem jes 2 and 3) and the taller tandem (aes 4 and 5, provided axes 2 and 5 aro spaced at ast 36 fet apart. Without tis exception, te Bdge Formula would alow an actual weight of nly 6,000 to 67 500 pounds on tandems, spacod 96 to 38 fet apart. CORI Tho procedure deserbed above could be used to check any tle combinations, but several closely spaced ans usualy produce the most etic situation Gross Weight - 57,000 bs. ae. 5S Sold SSRN AZESSNR ti il a Short 80,000 Truck Figure 4 be done to prooct bridges. The solution wes tink allowable ‘wight othe number ana spacing of axes. Due spacing a8 imporant as ade weightin designing widgs.In FQU 1A the srs on bridge members as a Jonge ruck ras across is much os than that caused by a ‘hor voice as shown in Figure 1, van though both trucks have the same toll weight and individual ale weights. The ‘weight ofthe longer vetile spread out, while th weight of ‘he shertr vehicle Is concentrated on sailor aoa (I ‘The weight on varus ante configurations must be checked to

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