BRIDGE RULES

RULES SPECIFYING THE LOADS FOR DESIGNING THE SUPER-STRUCTURE

AND SUB-STRUCTURE OF BRIDGES AND FOR ASSESSING THE
STRENGTH OF EXISTING BRIDGES

APPENDIX IV(a)
MMG LOADING-1988
METRE GAUGE 1000 mm

Equivalent Uniformly Distributed Load (EUDL) In Kilo Newtons (tonnes) for Bending
Moment and Shear Force for cushions of various depth and spans upto and including 8m

For Bending Moment, L is equal to the effective span NOTE:

in metres. (1) For intermediate values of L and cushions
For Shear Force, L is the loaded length in metres to the EUDL shall be arrived at by linear
give the maximum Shear Force in the member. interpolation.
(2) The figures given below do not include
dynamic effect.

L EUDL for Bending Moment EUDL for Shear Force

(m)
cushion (mm) cushion (mm)

200 300 600 200 300 600

kN t kN t kN t kN t kN t kN t

0.5 188 19.2 156 16.0 98 10.0 188 19.2 156 16.0 98 10.0

1.0 251 25.6 235 24.0 188 19.2 251 25.6 235 24.0 188 19.2

1.5 272 27.8 262 26.7 230 23.5 277 28.2 265 27.1 233 23.7

2.0 283 28.8 275 28.0 251 25.6 308 31.4 298 30.3 267 27.3

2.5 289 29.5 283 28.8 264 26.9 367 37.4 355 36.2 317 32.3

3.0 321 32.7 316 32.2 305 31.1 411 41.9 400 40.8 369 37.6

3.5 370 37.7 369 37.6 358 36.6 446 45.6 436 44.5 408 41.6

4.0 416 42.4 412 42.1 403 41.1 488 49.8 476 48.6 441 45.0

4.5 456 46.5 453 46.2 444 45.3 538 54.9 528 53.8 496 50.6

5.0 489 49.9 486 49.6 477 48.6 579 59.0 569 58.1 541 55.2

6.0 572 58.3 569 58.1 563 57.4 651 66.4 642 65.5 616 62.8

7.0 630 64.3 629 64.1 623 63.5 720 73.5 711 72.6 684 69.8

8.0 700 71.4 699 71.3 694 70.8 788 80.4 780 79.6 756 77.2