Design

March 12, 2024

DMRB CD 357 – Bridge expansion joints

Access free from the DMRB website. Also available from CIS. This document sets out the requirements for the design and specification of expansion joints for use […]
March 12, 2024

DMRB CD 358 – Waterproofing and surfacing of concrete bridge decks

Access free from the DMRB website. Also available from CIS. This document sets out the requirements for waterproofing and surfacing concrete decks of highway bridges, including […]
March 12, 2024

DMRB CD 368 – Design of fibre reinforced polymer bridges and highway structures

Access free from the DMRB website. Also available from CIS. This document contains the requirements for the design of fibre reinforced polymer bridges.
March 12, 2024

Technical Memorandum (Bridges) BE 1/73 (1st Edition) – Reinforced concrete for Highway Structures (and Amendment No 1)

This Memorandum supersedes Technical Memorandum (Bridges) BE 1/73 issued in January 1973 and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1969 Edition of the […]
March 12, 2024

Technical Memorandum (Bridges) BE 1/77 Standard Highway Loadings

This Technical Memorandum is a revision of BE 5/73: Standard Highway Loadings and is closely based on B116/2 draft loading requirements as consistent with the current […]
March 12, 2024

Technical Memorandum (Bridges) BE 2/73 – Prestressed concrete for Highway Structures

This Memorandum supersedes Technical Memorandum BE 20 and Interim Memoranda IM2, 3 and 8 and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1969 Edition […]
March 12, 2024

DMRB CD 127 – Cross-sections and headrooms

Access free from the DMRB website. Also available from CIS. This document provides requirements for the highway cross-sections and headroom at structures for motorway and all-purpose […]
March 12, 2024

BD 37 – Loads for highway bridges

Access free from the DMRB website. This Standard specifies the loading to be used for the design of highway bridges and associated structures through the attached […]
March 12, 2024

DMRB BE 5/75 – Rules for the Design and Use of Freyssinet Concrete Hinges in Highway Structures

Access free from the DMRB website. This Technical Memorandum in Metric Units replaced the Ministry of Transport Memorandum No. 577/1 published by HMSO in 1966. It […]