Bridge design and construction manual for Forest Service Roads
Last updated: June 10, 2021
The Bridge Design and Construction Manual covers procedures for permanent and temporary structures on Forest Service Roads. The manual provides:
- Administrative procedures
- Design and material standards
- Live load applications and vehicle sizes
- Expected fabrication and inspection details
Read the manual to determine appropriate design and construction specifications for bridges on Forest Service Roads:
Standard drawings
The Bridge Design and Construction Manual is accompanied by a master list of standard bridge design drawings. The standard drawings can be downloaded, in PDF file format, from the table below.
Disregard any drawings from previous versions of the Bridge Design and Construction Manual that are not on this master list.
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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Standard Bridge Design Vehicles |
433 |
2010 |
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Cover Sheet |
101 |
2010 |
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Sheet 1 |
128 |
2010 |
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Sheet 2 |
144 |
2010 |
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Series/Drawing Title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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| Bridge Guardrails | FULL SET STD-EC-010-01 TO 04, and 06 | ||
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Standard Bridge Guardrail CL-1 |
307 |
June 2014 |
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HSS Rail CL-2 |
258 |
Oct 15, 2016 |
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Standard Bridge Guardrail – HSS Rail – CL-3 |
263 |
May 25, 2017 |
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Standard Steel Girder Bridge with CL-3 Composite Deck – CL-3 Insert Details |
106 |
June 2, 2021 |
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Standard HSS Guardrail for Precast Concrete Slab Bridges CL-3 |
270 |
May 10, 2016 |
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| Guidance for Selecting Bridge Guardrail Containment Level and Determining Need for Bridge Approach Barriers on FSRs | 215 | Dec 2019 | |
| Bridge approach barriers | |||
| Simple Bridge Approach Barrier Concepts | STD-EC-010-05Rev1 | 266 | Jan 2020 |
| (New) Anchored / Connected Bridge Approach Barriers Note: other drawings and guidance for Bridge Approach Barriers are in process of being updated |
FULL SET STD-EC-010-017 to 022 | 2018 | Dec 2019 |
| Anchored/Connected Bridge Approach Barrier Concepts – Drawing 1 of 2 | STD-EC-010-15 | 321 | September 15, 2017 |
| Anchored/Connected Bridge Approach Barrier Concepts – Drawing 2 of 2 | STD-EC-010-16 | 185 | September 15, 2017 |
| Considerations for Use of Ministry Standard Drawings - STD-EC-010-05 (2019) and STD-EC-010-15 and 16 (2017) - Bridge Approach Barriers for FSR Bridges | Bridge Approach Barrier Drawings (Considerations) | 349 | May 2019 |
| Bridge pedestrian railings | FULL SET STD-EC-010-10 and 11 | 250 | |
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Standard Bridge Pedestrian Railings for Attachment to CL-2 and CL-3 Guardrails |
Drawing 1 of 2 Drawing 2 of 2 |
237
182 |
March 31, 2017 |
2. Timber deck
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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2 – Timber Deck |
1125 |
Jan. 17, 2014 |
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Timber Deck Bridges – Cover Sheet |
54 |
2012 |
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Timber Deck Bridges, General Notes – Sheet 1 |
73 |
2012 |
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Timber Deck Bridges, General Notes – Sheet 2 |
65 |
2012 |
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Permanent, Continuous Timber Deck Bridge – General Arrangement |
130 |
Aug. 9, 2012 |
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Portable, Continuous Timber Deck Bridge – General Arrangement |
132 |
Aug. 9, 2012 |
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Modular Timber Deck Bridge, General Arrangement and Details |
109 |
Jan. 17, 2014 |
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Modular Timber Bridge Deck, Attachment Details – New Bridges |
97 |
Aug. 9, 2012 |
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Modular Timber Bridge Deck, Attachment Details – Field Retrofit to Existing Bridges |
105 |
Aug. 9, 2012 |
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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3 – Timber Portable Bridge |
256 |
2010 |
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6.1 m Span Timber Portable Bridge – General Notes |
120 |
2010 |
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6.1 m Span Timber Portable Bridge Plan and Elevations |
97 |
2010 |
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6.1 m Span Timber Portable Bridge General Arrangement and Details |
75 |
2010 |
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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4 – Steel Girder Bridge with Composite Concrete Deck |
755 |
2021 |
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Cover Sheet |
287 |
2021 |
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General Notes |
391 |
2021 |
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General Arrangement |
423 |
2021 |
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Deck End and Steel Details |
411 |
2021 |
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Deck Panel – Types |
421 |
2021 |
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Deck Panel Type 1 and Type 2 – Reinforcing |
428 |
2021 |
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Deck Panel Type 3 and Type 4 – Reinforcing |
431 |
2021 |
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Deck Panel – Details (1 of 2) |
451 |
2021 |
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Deck Panel – Details (2 of 2) |
465 |
2021 |
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| Steel Armour for Deck Ends (to be used together with STD-EC-030-01 to 09 or STD-EC-040-01 to 08) | STD-EC-031-01 | 928 |
2019 |
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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5 – Steel Girder Bridge with Non-Composite Deck |
1817 |
2010 |
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Cover Sheet |
163 |
2010 |
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General Notes – Sheet 1 |
101 |
2010 |
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General Notes – Sheet 2 |
90 |
2010 |
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General Arrangement |
153 |
2010 |
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Precast Deck Panel – Types |
136 |
2010 |
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Precast Deck Panel Type 1 and Type 2 – Reinforcing |
141 |
2010 |
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Precast Deck Panel Type 3 – Reinforcing |
113 |
2010 |
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Precast Deck Panel – Sections |
204 |
2010 |
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Precast Deck Panel – Details |
213 |
2010 |
6. Substructure drawings
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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6 – Substructure Drawings |
5299 |
April 2021 |
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Cover Sheet |
268 |
April 2021 |
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General Notes |
1385 |
March 2015 |
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Conceptual Concrete Ballast Wall for Steel Bridges |
236 |
May 2014 |
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Concrete Ballast Wall Details for Steel Bridges – Sheet 1 |
216 |
May 2014 |
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Concrete Ballast Wall Details for Steel Bridges – Sheet 2 |
230 |
May 2014 |
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Conceptual Substructure Details for Steel Bridges |
259 |
March 2015 |
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Substructure Details for Steel Bridges – Sheet 1 |
283 |
March 2015 |
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Substructure Details for Steel Bridges – Sheet 2 |
176 |
May 2014 |
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Substructure Details for Steel Bridges – Sheet 3 |
222 |
May 2014 |
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Conceptual Abutment Cap for Steel Bridges |
220 |
March 2015 |
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Conceptual Pier Cap for Steel Bridges |
223 |
March 2015 |
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Conceptual Lock Block Abutment for Steel Bridges |
211 |
March 2015 |
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Conceptual Lock Block Abutment for ASP Bridges |
194 |
May 2014 |
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Conceptual Lock Block Abutment for Concrete Bridges |
204 |
May 2014 |
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Precast Concrete Sill for Lock Block Abutments |
420 |
April 2021 |
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Precast Concrete Base Slab Details |
163 |
May 2014 |
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Conceptual Inverted "T" Abutment Details |
244 |
May 2014 |
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Conceptual Abutment Cap Beam for Concrete Bridges |
407 |
April 2021 |
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Substructure Details for Concrete Slab Bridges – Sheet 1 |
212 |
May 2014 |
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Substructure Details for Concrete Slab Bridges – Sheet 2 |
169 |
May 2014 |
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Substructure Details for Concrete Slab Bridges – Sheet 3 |
198 |
May 2014 |
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Substructure Details for Concrete Slab Bridges – Sheet 4 |
232 |
May 2014 |
Pre-2014 Drawings:
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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6 – Substructure Drawings |
3073 |
2001 |
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Standard Ballast Wall Details – Sheet 1 |
176 |
1999 |
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Standard Ballast Wall Details – Sheet 2 |
103 |
1999 |
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Standard Substructure Details – Sheet 1 |
209 |
1999 |
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Standard Substructure Details – Sheet 2 |
192 |
1999 |
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Conceptual Abutment Cap Beam |
145 |
1999 |
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Conceptual Pier Cap Beam |
151 |
1999 |
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Conceptual Integral Cap Beam and Wingwall |
133 |
1999 |
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Concrete Cap and Lock Block Abutment Concept |
105 |
1999 |
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Steel Cap and Lock Block Abutment Concept |
103 |
1999 |
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Timber Cap and Lock Block Abutment Concept |
98 |
1999 |
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Conceptual Inverted T Abutment |
74 |
1999 |
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Precast Concrete Bridge Abutments for Concrete Bridges |
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Typical Concrete Cap Beam Details, Sheet 1 |
152 |
2001 |
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Typical Concrete Cap Beam Details, Sheet 2 |
113 |
2001 |
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Typical Concrete Cap Beam Details, Sheet 3 |
115 |
2001 |
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Footing and Column Sizes, Sheet 1 |
116 |
2001 |
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Footing and Column Sizes, Sheet 2 |
125 |
2001 |
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Precast Concrete and Steel Abutment Cap Beams for Steel Bridges |
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Steel Cap Beam – 2 Pile/Column System |
193 |
2001 |
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Steel Cap Beam – 3 Pile/Column System |
155 |
2001 |
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Steel Cap Beam – 4 Pile/Column System |
160 |
2001 |
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Concrete Cap Beam – 2 Pile/Column System |
128 |
2001 |
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Concrete Cap Beam – 3 Pile/Column System |
169 |
2001 |
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Concrete Cap Beam – 4 Pile/Column System |
169 |
2001 |
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Concrete Cap Beam – Embedded Plate Details |
92 |
2001 |
7. Pre-cast pre-stressed concrete box girders
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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7 – Precast Prestressed Concrete Box Girders |
958 |
1999 |
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General Notes |
229 |
1999 |
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Girder Details – Sheet 1 |
328 |
1999 |
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Girder Details – Sheet 2 |
320 |
1999 |
8. Pre-cast reinforced concrete slab girders
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
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8 – Precast Reinforced Concrete Slab Girders |
608 |
Oct 28, 2016 |
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Cover Sheet |
229 |
2016 |
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General Notes – Sheet 1 |
106 |
2010 |
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General Arrangement |
180 |
2011 |
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Slab Details – Sheet 1 |
130 |
Aug 10, 2016 |
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Slab Details – Sheet 2 |
149 |
2010 |
9. Pre-cast pre-stressed concrete slab girders
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
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9 – Precast Pre-stressed Concrete Slab Girders |
1742 |
1999 |
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General Notes |
344 |
1999 |
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Girder Details |
313 |
1999 |
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Girder Details – Grouted Shear Keys |
364 |
1999 |
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Girder Details – Welded Shear Keys |
310 |
1999 |
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Girder Details – No Shear Keys |
296 |
1999 |
10. All-steel portable bridges
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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10 – All Steel Portable Bridges |
202 |
2009 |
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Typical All-Steel Portable Superstructure Conceptual General Arrangement |
117 |
2009 |
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Typical All-Steel Portable Superstructure Conceptual General Arrangement |
119 |
2007 |
11. Miscellaneous
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
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11 – Miscellaneous |
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Composite Girder (Compo-Girder™) |
185 |
1999 |
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Inverted Channel Girder (Compo-Girder™) |
253 |
1999 |
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Precast Concrete Archpanel Composite Deck |
224 |
1999 |
Open Bottom Culvert (Terraspan® GRS Arch™):
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
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Open Bottom Culvert (Terraspan® GRS Arch™) |
2472 |
2015 |
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Cover Sheet |
209 |
2015 |
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General Notes – Sheet 1 |
1035 |
2015 |
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General Notes – Sheet 2 |
880 |
2015 |
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Example Profile and Elevation for Permanent Reconstructed Stream Channel Type Installation |
151 |
2015 |
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Typical Cross-Sections for Reconstructed and Natural Stream Channel Type Installations |
177 |
2015 |
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Inlet and Outlet Details |
120 |
2015 |
12. Culvert drawings
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Series/drawing title |
Drawing number (PDF) |
Size (KB) |
Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
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12 – Culvert Drawings |
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Steel Pipe Trash Rack |
77 |
2009 |
