2013 INTERIM REVISIONS TO THE AASHTO LFRD

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION BRIDGE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, SIXTH EDITION 2012

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

General
AASHTO has made interim revisions to the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Sixth Edition (2012). 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 2012 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 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 change makes it an option to insert the changes closer to the affected articles.

Table i—2012 Changed or Deleted Articles

SECTION 3: LOADS AND LOAD FACTORS

3.3 3.4.1 C3.4.1 3.6.1.1.1 3.6.1.2.6

3.6.1.2.6a 3.6.1.2.6b 3.6.1.2.6c C3.6.1.2.6 3.16

SECTION 4: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION

4.3 4.6.2.2.1 4.6.2.2.2a 4.6.2.2.2b 4.6.2.2.2c

4.6.2.2.2d 4.6.2.2.2e 4.6.2.2.2f 4.6.2.2.3a 4.6.2.2.3b

4.6.2.2.3c C4.6.3.2.4 4.9

SECTION 5: CONCRETE STRUCTURES

5.2 5.3 5.4.3.1 C5.4.3.1 5.4.3.2

5.4.3.3 C5.4.3.3 5.5.3.2 C5.5.3.2 5.5.4.2.1

C5.5.4.2.1 5.7 C5.7 5.7.2.1 C5.7.2.1

5.7.3.2.5 C5.7.3.3.1 5.7.3.4 C5.7.3.4 5.7.3.5

C5.7.3.5 C5.7.4.4 5.7.4.6 5.8.2.4 C5.8.2.4

5.8.2.4 5.8.2.5 C5.8.2.7 5.8.2.8 C5.8.2.8

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C5.8.3.3 5.8.3.5 C5.8.3.5 5.8.4.1 5.8.6.2

5.10.2.1 5.10.2.2 C5.10.2.2 5.10.6.1 C5.10.6.1

5.10.11.1 5.11.1 C5.11.1 5.11.1.1 C5.11.1.1

5.11.2 C5.11.2 5.11.2.1 C5.11.2.1 5.11.2.4

5.11.2.4.3 5.11.4.1 C5.11.4.1 5.11.5 C5.11.5

5.11.5.3 C5.11.5.3 5.11.5.3.1 C5.11.5.3.1 5.12.3

5.15 APPENDIX C5 APPENDIX D5

SECTION 6: STEEL STRUCTURES

6.2 6.3 6.4.1 C6.4.1 6.6.1.2.1

6.6.1.2.3 6.6.1.2.5 C6.6.1.2.5 C6.9.4.1.3 C6.10.1

C6.10.1.1.1a C6.10.1.6 C6.10.4.2.2 C6.10.6.1 C6.10.10.2

6.10.11.1.1 C6.10.11.1.1 C6.13.6.1.4a 6.13.6.1.4c C6.13.6.1.4c

6.17

SECTION 7: ALUMINUM STRUCTURES

This Section has been replaced in its entirety due to extreme revisions.

SECTION 9: DECKS AND DECK SYSTEMS

9.3 9.8.3.4.1 C9.8.3.4.1 9.8.3.4.4 9.10

SECTION 11: WALLS, ABUTMENT, AND PIERS

11.6.1.3 11.10.5.5 C11.10.5.5 11.12 A11.3.1

SECTION 12: BURIED STRUCTURES AND TUNNEL LINERS

12.1 C12.1 12.3 12.4.1.3 C12.4.1.3

12.4.2.8 12.4.2.9 C12.4.2.9 12.4.2.10 12.5.1

C12.5.1 12.5.2 12.5.3 12.7 12.7.2.1

C12.7.2.1 12.7.2.2 12.7.2.4.1 12.7.2.7 C12.7.2.7

12.10.4.3.2C C12.10.4.3.2C C12.11.2.1 12.11.4.3.2 C12.11.4.3.2

12.11.4.4 12.12.1 C12.12.1 12.12.2.2 12.12.3.3

C12.12.3.3 12.12.3.5 C12.11.4.3.2 12.11.4.4 12.12.1

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C12.12.1 12.12.2.2 12.12.3.3 C12.12.3.3 12.12.3.5

12.12.3.9 12.12.3.10.1b C12.12.3.10.1b 12.12.3.10.1c C12.12.3.10.1c

12.15 12.15.1 12.15.1 12.15.2 12.15.3

12.15.3.1 C12.15.3.1 12.15.3.2 C12.15.3.2 12.15.4

C12.15.4 12.15.5 12.15.5.1 12.15.5.2 C12.15.5.2

12.15.6 12.15.6.1 12.15.6.2 12.15.6.3 12.15.6.4

12.15.7 12.16

SECTION 13: RAILINGS

13.8.2

SECTION 14: JOINTS AND BEARINGS

C14.6.5.2 C14.6.5.3 14.10

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