CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 HISTORY OF BRIDGES1-8 CHAPTER 2 SURVEY AND SELECTION OF BRIDGE SITE AND COLLECTION OF DESIGN DATA FOR BRIDGES PROJECTS 9-17 CHAPTER 3 ESTIMATION OF DESIGN DISCHARGE, SCOUR DEPTH ETC AND FIXATION OF WATERWAY, TYPE AND DEPTH OF FOUNDATION CHAPTER 4 CLASSIFICATION OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES AND SELECTION OF THE TYPE OF BRIDGE FOR ANY PARTICULAR SITE 37-46 CHAPTER 5 HIGHWAY BRIDGE LOADING, GENERAL FEATURES OF DESIGN AND PERMISSIBLE STRESSES 47-71 CHAPTER 6 LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN BRIDGE DECKS72-85 CHAPTER 7 SOLID SLAB BRIDGES 86-92 CHAPTER 8 SLAB AND GIRDER BRIDGES 93-113 CHAPTER 9 SKEW AND CURVED BRIDGES114-127 CHAPTER 10 REINFORCED CONCRETE CONTINUOUS BRIDGES 128-133 CHAPTER 11 REINFORCED CONCRETE BALANCED CANTILEVER 134-151 CHAPTER 12 REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME BRIDGES 152-155 CHAPTER 13 REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGES 156-187 CHAPTER 14 SIMPLY SUPPORTED STEEL BRIDGES 188-207 CHAPTER 15 STEEL-CONCRETE COMPOSITE BRIDGES 208-222 CHAPTER 16 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGES 223-263 CHAPTER 17 LONG SPAN BRIDGES 264-284 CHAPTER 18 TEMPORARY, LOW COST AND MOVABLE BRIDGES 285-299 CHAPTER 19 PIERS AND ABUTMENTS FOR BRIDGES 300-308 CHAPTER 20 WING WALLS AND RETURN WALLS 309-313 CHAPTER 25 BRIDGE ARCHITECTURE 409-415