Length
Defined in the standard specifications of 2 state transportation agencies. Each definition below is the agency’s own text, with the section it comes from — they do not all say the same thing, and on a contract the difference is the point.
Definitions are quoted from state-authored public specification books. This page carries no I-Code-derived terms.
The length of a bridge structure is the over -all length measured along the line of survey stationing back -to-back of backwalls of abutments, if present, otherwise, end -to-end of the bridge floor, but in no case less than the total clear opening of the structure.
Section 101 — DEFINITIONS AND TERMS →The length of a bridge structure is the overall length measured along the line of survey stationing back to back of backwalls of abutments, if present, otherwise end to end of the bridge floor; but in no case less than the total clear opening of the structure. The length of multiple box culverts shall be between the extreme ends of the openings.
Section 101 — DEFINITION OF TERMS →