Este manual ha sido confeccionado por la Federal Highway Agency (FHWA), la NSBA (National Steel Bridge Alliance) y la Administración federal norteamericana de carreteras (FHWA) y la empresa HDR como contratista principal de ingeniería. Contó con subvención federal.

Cada uno de los 19 volúmenes y seis ejemplos de diseño fueron escritos por destacados ingenieros en el campo y revisados por un comité organizado por NSBA.
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• Bridge Steels and Their Mechanical Properties
• Steel Bridge Fabrication
• Structural Steel Bridge Shop Drawings
• Structural Behavior of Steel
• Selecting the Right Bridge Type
• Stringer Bridges-Making the Right Choices
• Loads and Load Combinations
• Structural Analysis
• Redundancy
• Limit States
• Design for Constructability
• Design for Fatigue
• Bracing System Design
• Splice Design
• Bearing design
• Substructure Design
• Bridge Deck Design
• Load Rating of Steel Bridges
• Corrosion Protection of Steel Bridges
• Design Example: Three-span Continuous Straight I-Girder Bridge
• Design Example: Two-span Continuous Straight I-Girder Bridge
• Design Example: Two-span Continuous Straight Wide-Flange Beam Bridge
• Design Example: Three-span Continuous Curved I-Girder Beam Bridge
• Design Example: Three-span Continuous Straight Tub-Girder Bridge
• Design Example: Three-span Continuous Curved Tub-Girder Bridge