PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS

PennDOT staff are responsible for reviewing submissions such as: Type, Size and Location (TS&L); foundation submissions; final plans; value engineering; pile hammer approvals and more.

BRIDGE STANDARD DRAWINGS & Resources

Bridge Design, BD-600M Series (Pub. 218M*) — 2 viewing options:

• Index Sheet with links to individual standard drawings and highlighting of changes and e-Notifications (PDF)
• All standards in a single file with bookmarks and highlighting of changes and e-Notifications (45.8 MB PDF)
• Archived BD-600M Series Standards which are inactive (standards issued since Jan. 2, 1996)

Bridge Construction, BC-700M Series (Pub. 219M*) — 2 viewing options:

• Index Sheet with links to individual standard drawings and highlighting of changes (PDF)
• All standards in a single file with bookmarks and highlighting of changes (32.6 MB PDF)
• Archived BC-700M Series Standards which are inactive (standards issued since Jan. 2, 1996)

Low-Cost Hardwood Glulam Timber Bridge Design, BLC-560M Series (Pub. 6M*) — 2 viewing options:

• Index Sheet with links to individual standard drawings (PDF)
• All standards in a single file with bookmarks (12.7 MB PDF)

* The original “clean” version of this pub. can be obtained from the "FORMS, PUBS & MAPS" web page.

Old Standards Drawings's Lookup List (xlsm)

Approved Bridge and Structure Products (PDF)

Design Manual, Part 4 — Structures (DM-4) (Pub. 15M)

• April 2015 Edition - Initial Release (PDF)
• Annotated Version** (PDF)

**annotations indicate where Strike-Off Letters have made changes to the current edition of the manual (revisions are not incorporated).

SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS

PennDOT LRFD and Engineering Programs

Accepted Commercially Available or Consultant Developed Software (PDF)

ENGINEERING SPREADSHEETS

Integral Abutment Design Spreadsheet

Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall Design Spreasheet

User's Manual (PDF); Design Spreadsheet (April 2015) (xlsx)

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) — PennDOT Gusset Plate Analysis and Rating

FHWA 2009 Gusset Plate Load Rating PennDOT (ppsx)

FHWA Gusset Plate Webinar (ppsx); Gusset LFR Chat (revised) (doc)

PennDOT TGPAR Spreadsheet: Figures (PDF); Instructions (PDF); Method of Solution (PDF); Summary of TGPAR v1.0, 1.01 & 2.0 Revisions (PDF); TGPA Rv1.01 (xls); TGPA Rv2.0 (xls)

PennDOT Truss Example: Shop Drawings (PDF) and Spreadsheet  (xls)

FHWA Guidance Example (xls); FHWA Hand Calculations vs PennDOT TGPAR Spreadsheet (PDF)

PennDOT SOL 431-09-02 (Revisions to Pub. 238 "Bridge Inspection Manual", Chapters 3 and 6) (PDF)

e-Notifications

Active e-Notifications for Bridge Design (Pub 218M) (PDF)

Archived e-Notifications for Bridge Design (Pub 218M, 2010 Edition through Change 3) (PDF)

Archived e-Notifications for Bridge Design (Pub 218M, 2003 Edition and its Changes 1 through 6) (PDF)