Load and Resistance Factor Rating in New York State

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) intends to revise its current policies to adopt LRFR as the analytical method for load rating and load posting of bridges and for evaluating overweight permit vehicles. To that end, new procedures similar to current NYSDOT procedures but based on the LRFR methodology need to be developed. The objectives of this project are to help the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) accomplish the above stated goals. The objectives of this study shall be met by first reviewing current NYSDOT load rating, load posting and overweight permit policies. The project shall also investigate the need to calibrate new NYS-LRFR load factors that provide uniform and consistent levels of bridge safety and reliability over all pertinent bridge classes and configurations and perform the calibrations if necessary. The load factors must reflect current bridge loading conditions in New York State as measured through the array of WIM sites established by NYSDOT. In order to be consistent with the LRFR philosophy, the NYS-LRFR should be calibrated using sound structural reliability procedures based on statistical load and resistance models that actually represent the typical loading conditions observed throughout the state of New York.

• Record URL:
  http://www.utrc2.org/research/projects/load-and-resistance-factor

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $442025.00
• Contract Numbers:

  RF 55657-09-19

• Sponsor Organizations:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  50 Wolf Road
  Albany, NY  United States  12232
• Project Managers:

  Mooney, Deborah

  McCaffrey, Brian

• Performing Organizations:

  City College of New York

  Civil Engineering, Steinman T-127
  140th Street and Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031
• Principal Investigators:

  Ghosn, Michael

  Agrawal, Anil

• Start Date: 20070518
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20111130
• Source Data: RiP Project 14406

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Calibration; Load and resistance factor design; Load factor; Overweight loads; Research projects; Weigh in motion scales
• Uncontrolled Terms: Load rating (Bridges)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01468469
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: RF 55657-09-19
• Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:51PM