Design Standards for Bearings

British Standards

  1. BS 5400: Part 2: Specification for Loads
  2. BS 5400: Part 9: Code of Practice for Design of Bridge Bearings

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges

  1. BD37: Loads for Highway Bridges
  2. BA42: The Design of Integral Bridges
  3. BD20: Bridge Bearings, Use of BS 5400 Part 9

Technical Papers

  1. SR 479 Bridge Temperature for Setting Bearings and Expansion Joints. By M.Emerson of TRRL