Northeast Bulbtee (NEBT)

Bridge Guideline: First Issued 1998 (Revised 2008)

NEBT Northeast Bulb Tee - Section Properties (226.1kb PDF File)

Preliminary Design charts for designing the New England Bulb Tee Girders. Charts will help you determine span capabilities, spacing and preliminary number of prestressing strands required. If a State Standard exists it will take precedence over these guidelines and details.

Bridge Guideline: 1998

NEBT Load Charts for Northeast Bulb Tee - HS20 Load Charts (90.7kb PDF File)

Preliminary Design charts for designing the New England Bulb Tee Girders. Charts will help you determine span capabilities, spacing and preliminary number of prestressing strands required. If a State Standard exists it will take precedence over these guidelines and details.

Bridge Guideline: 1998

NEBT Load Charts for Northeast Bulb Tee - HS25 Load Charts (4.1mb PDF File)

Preliminary Design charts for designing the New England Bulb Tee Girders. Charts will help you determine span capabilities, spacing and preliminary number of prestressing strands required. If a State Standard exists it will take precedence over these guidelines and details.

Bridge Guideline: First Issued 1998 (Revised February 2008)

NEBT Load Charts for Northeast Bulb Tee - LRFD Load Charts (505.8mb PDF File)

Preliminary Design charts for designing the New England Bulb Tee Girders. Charts will help you determine span capabilities, spacing and preliminary number of prestressing strands required. If a State Standard exists it will take precedence over these guidelines and details.

Bridge Guideline: June 2001

NEBT Northeast Bulb Tee Post-Tensioned Design Guidelines (227.8kb PDF File)

This report covers design, detailing and construction specifications for post-tensioning and splicing of the New England Bulb Tee (NEBT) girder. Splicing of the girders allows for longer span lengths and the elimination of intermediate bridge piers. Post-tensioning can be used to make bridges continuous. If a State standard exists it will take precedence over these guidelines & details.

Northeast Extreme Tee (Next) Beam

Bridge Guideline: February 2008 Update April 2011

NEXT F Guidelines - Northeast Extreme Bridge Tee Form Guidelines  (1.0mb PDF File)

Bridge guidelines for the Northeast Extreme Bridge Tee (NEXT F Beam). These guidelines are for using the beam flange as a stay in place form. An 8" deck will be cast out in the field. The guidelines included section properties, LFRD span charts and design details.

Bridge Guideline: January 2010 Updated April 2011

NEXT D Guidelines - Northeast Extreme Bridge Tee Deck Guidelines (1.3mb PDF File)

Bridge Guidelines for the Northeast Extreme Bridge Tee (NEXT D Beam). These guidelines are for using the beam flange as a full deck with no deck cast out in the field. The guidelines included section properties, LFRD span charts and design details.

Bridge Deck Panels

Bridge Guideline: June 2002

Full Depth Precast Concrete Deck Slabs (2.0mb PDF File)

Design Guidelines for the use of Full Depth Precast Deck Slabs used for new construction or for replacement of existing decks on bridges. This guideline has been reviewed and approved by the New England Technical committee. Several projects have already used these details and specification. If a State Standard exists it will take precedence.

Bridge Guideline: May 2001

Precast Deck Panel Guidelines (951.7kb PDF File)

Guidelines and details for Precast Prestressed Concrete Deck Panels or Stay-in-Place (SIP) decking used as a permanent form spanning between girders and designed to act composite with the remaining cast-in-place deck. If a State Standard exists it will take precedence over these guidelines & details.

Specification and Guidelines

Bridge Guideline: October 2001 (Revision Date: July 2002, Nov. 2002, Jan. 2003)

Bridge Member Repair Guidelines (376.6kb PDF File)

This report is intended to serve as a guide to identify defects that may occur during the fabrication of bridge elements. The report gives guidance on possible cause and prevention. It will help determine the consequences of the defects and assist in making a judgment as to acceptance/repair or rejection. This report can be utilized by State Inspectors, Designers, Plant Production Managers, Plant Quality Control Inspectors and Plant Engineers.

Bridge Guideline: May 1998

Prestressed Concrete Girder Continuity Connection (380.1kb PDF File)

Guidelines for simple span members made continuous in Multi-span bridges. This specification and its sample details shall be used as a guide when designing for continuity. The PCI New England Technical committee has recommended that strand extensions be used to make the positive moment connection in beams. If a State Standard exists it will take precedence over these guidelines & details.

Bridge Guideline: September 2001

High Performance Concrete for Prestressed Concrete Bridges (220.4mb PDF File)

Guide specification for High Performance Concrete developed by New Hampshire DOT. New Hampshire is the lead state under the Federal Highway demonstration project for HPC in our region. This guideline has been reviewed and approved by the New England Technical committee. Several projects have already used this specification. If a State Standard exists it will take precedence.

Accelerated Bridge Construction

Bridge Guideline: October 2006

Guidelines for Accelerated Bridge Construction Using Precast/Prestressed Concrete Components (4.1mb PDF File)

This guide is the current State of the Art report developed by the PCI Northeast Bridge Technical Committee on the use of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Components to accelerate the construction of bridge projects. The guide will assist designers in determining which means and methods would be appropriate for considering accelerated construction techniques. This guide will offer solutions from deck replacement to total reconstruction of a bridge.

Bridge Design Manual

Comprehensive Bridge Design

Manual

http://www.pci.org/publications/bridge/index.cfm
Link to the PCI National Bridge Design Manual Section

PCI National

Bookstore

https://netforum.pci.org/
Link to the PCI National Bookstore web site

Other Links

Aspire The Concrete Bridge

Magazine

http://www.aspirebridge.com/
Link to the Aspire Bridge Magazine web site

Federal Highway

Administration

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/
Link to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration