Description

1.1 This practice describes the minimum live loads and dead loads to be applied when designing monolithic or sectional precast concrete utility structures. Concrete pipe, box culverts, and material covered in Specification C478 are excluded from this practice.

Note 1–For additional information see AASHTO Standard Specification for Highway Bridges, Seventeenth Edition.

Note 2–The purchaser is cautioned that he must properly correlate the anticipated loading conditions and the field requirements with the design loads used.