The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) mandated states to adopt specialized hauling vehicles (SHVs) and emergency vehicles (EVs) in 2013 and 2016, respectively, in the load rating of bridges. Both the AASHTO single-unit trucks (SUs) and EVs are specially configured so that they may result in high load effects and can adversely affect bridge load rating factors. This paper investigates the impacts of rating these vehicles on the states’ bridge load ratings. An extensive literature review of the states’ load rating policies is performed. To determine whether any state can possibly be exempted from the new load ratings for SUs and EVs for Interstate highway bridges, the load effects of various state legal vehicles are analyzed and compared with those of SUs and EVs. The results of the study indicate the inevitability of executing the new load rating analysis for SUs and EVs for the vast majority of states. Weigh-in-motion data are processed to screen the potential EV traffic fleeting on the highway, and the calibrated live load factors are proposed for EVs accordingly. The load effects are found to be smaller than those FHWA originally assigned, improving the rating factors. Lastly, this paper proposes a screening tool to help state agencies to convert the known rating factors to the rating factors of SUs and EVs so that the load rating work can be prioritized for the bridges that are vulnerable to SUs and EVs.


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    Title :

    Impact of Specialized Hauling Vehicles and Emergency Vehicles on Bridge Load Rating


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record


    Contributors:
    Lou, Peng (author) / Yang, Chan (author) / Nassif, Hani (author)


    Publication date :

    2021-07-07




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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