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State of

California Business,Transportationand HousingAgency

DEPARTMENTOF TRANSPORTATION

  emorandum

Flex your power

Be energy efficient

To:

CHIEF N G ~ N R

Date

: December7,2011

PROJECTDELIVERYDIVISIONCHIEFS

DESMANAGERS  ND

SUPERVISORS

DENIXANBIAH,LocalAssistance

DOLORESVALLS,StructureMaintenanceandInvestigation

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From:

B RTONNEWTON

DeputyDivisionChief

StructurePolicyandInnovation

DivisionofEngineeringServices

Subject:

Updatetothe

AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Fourth Edition

and

California Amendments

EffectiveDecember15,2011,updatestothe

California Amendments to the American

Association o fState Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load and Resistance

Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications, Fourth Edition,

areineffect. The

Preface

containsalegenddistinguishingtheDecember2008,September2010,and

November2011CaliforniaAmendments. TheupdatesarefortheentiretyofSections2,

3,4,5,6,10,11,12 ,and13. NochangesweremadetoSections1,9,or14 dated

December2008;allC AmendmentstothoseSectionsarestillineffectandneedtobe

retained.

Allupdateshavebeenpostedatthefollowingwebsite:

http://www.dot.ca.gov/

hg

/esc/techpubs/

Technicalquestionsregardingthe

AASHTO LRF Bridge Design Specifications

and

CaliforniaAmendmentsshouldbe directedtotherespectiveCaltransTechnical

CommitteeChairor Specialist

in

theareaof interestor theCaltransprojectoversight

engineerresponsibleforthegeographicareaofyourprojects.

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