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Status Future consideration
Categories OpenBridge Designer
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 27, 2025

California Abutment Live Load Calclulations

Suggest making California design for abutments on LEAP to follow this Live Load Distribution memo. All abutments in California must be designed using the following Live Load Distribution method or it would not be acceptable per Caltrans standards.


https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/engineering/documents/bridgedesignmemos/11/202404-bdm1105liveloaddistributionforabutmentdesign-a11y.pdf

Civil Product Used OpenBridge Designer