2015 INTERIM REVISIONS TO THE AASHTO

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION LRFD BRIDGE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

General
AASHTO has made interim revisions to the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Seventh Edition (2014).
This packet contains the revised pages. They are not designed to replace the corresponding pages in the book but rather
to be kept with the book for quick reference.

Affected Articles
Underlined text indicates revisions that were approved in 2014 by the AASHTO Highways Subcommittee on Bridges
and Structures. Strikethrough text indicates any deletions that were likewise approved by the Subcommittee. A list of
affected articles is included below.
All interim pages are printed on pink paper to make the changes stand out when inserted in the third edition binder.
They also have a page header displaying the section number affected and the interim publication year. Please note that
these pages may also contain nontechnical (e.g. editorial) changes made by AASHTO publications staff; any changes of
this type will not be marked in any way so as not to distract the reader from the technical changes.
Please note that in response to user concerns, page breaks are now being added within sections between
noncontiguous articles. This makes it an option to insert the changes closer to the affected articles.

Table i2015 Changed or Deleted Articles

SECTION 3: LOADS AND LOAD FACTORS

3.3.1 C3.6.1.2.1 3.11.5.1 C3.14.5.3

3.4.1 3.10.9.2 C3.14.5.1

SECTION 4: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION

4.3 4.5.3.2.2b C4.6.3.3.2 4.9

SECTION 5: CONCRETE STRUCTURES

5.3 5.7.3 C5.8.3.4.3 5.10.4.3.1d 5.11.5.2.1

C5.4.1 5.7.3.1.1 C5.8.5 5.10.5 C5.11.5.2.2
5.4.2.3.2 5.7.3.1.2 C5.8.6.1 5.10.6.3 C5.11.5.2.3
C5.4.2.3.3 5.7.3.2.2 5.8.6.4 C5.10.9.2.1 5.11.5.3.1
5.4.2.4 5.7.3.4 5.8.6.6 5.10.9.3.4b C5.12.3
5.4.2.5 5.7.3.6.2 C5.9.1.1 C5.11.1.1 5.13.2.2
5.4.4.1 C5.7.4.1 5.9.3 C5.11.1.2.4 C5.13.3.6.3
C5.4.4.2 5.7.4.2 5.9.4.2.1 5.11.2 C5.14.1.1
C5.4.5 5.7.4.4 5.9.4.2.2 5.11.2.1.1 C5.14.1.3.1
C5.4.6.1 5.7.4.5 C5.9.5.1 5.11.2.1.2 C5.14.1.4.3
C5.4.6.2 5.7.4.6 5.9.5.3 5.11.2.1.3 C5.14.2.3.10d
C5.5.3.2 5.7.5 C5.9.5.4.2c 5.11.2.4 5.15
C5.6.1 C5.8.2.2 5.9.5.4.3d 5.11.2.4.1 Appendix C5
C5.6.3.1 C5.8.2.7 5.10.3.3.2 5.11.2.4.2
5.7.2 5.8.3.1 C5.10.3.4 5.11.2.5.1
C5.7.2.1 5.8.3.2 5.10.4.3.1b 5.11.4.1
5.7.2.2 C5.8.3.3 5.10.4.3.1c C5.11.4.2

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INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION BRIDGE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

SECTION 6: STEEL STRUCTURES

6.2 C6.7.4.2 6.10.5.3 6.11.5 6.12.2.2.4

6.3 6.9.2.2 C6.10.9.1 6.12.1.1 C6.13.2.7
6.4.1 6.9.5.1 6.10.9.2 6.12.1.2.1 6.13.4
6.5.4.2 6.10.1.6 6.10.9.3.1 6.12.1.2.3a 6.17
6.6.1.2.1 C6.10.2.2 6.10.9.3.3 6.12.1.2.3c Appendix B6
6.6.1.2.3 6.10.3.3 6.10.11.1.3 6.12.2.1
6.6.2 6.10.3.4 C6.11.3.2 6.12.2.2.3

SECTION 10: FOUNDATIONS

10.3 C10.7.3.8.2 C10.8.3.6.1

SECTION 11: WALLS, ABUTMENT, AND PIERS

C11.5.2 C11.5.6 C11.10.6.4.2a

SECTION 12: BURIED STRUCTURES AND TUNNEL LINERS

12.10.4.3.2b 12.16 Appendix A12

SECTION 13: RAILINGS

13.2 13.3 13.8.2 A13.4.3.1 A13.4.3.2

SECTION 14: JOINTS AND BEARINGS

C14.6.3.1

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