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This study evaluated the impact of the 250-kip Wisconsin Standard Permit Vehicle against the overloaded vehicles operating on Wisconsin roads in recent years. The evaluation was conducted using three sets of data: 1) overloaded vehicle records within weigh-in-motion data collected in 2007; 2) the single-trip permit application records from 2004 to 2007; and 3) overloaded vehicles in neighboring states, including Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois. Descriptive statistical analyses were conducted for the collected overloaded vehicle data, and model vehicles that represent heavies 5% of the overloaded vehicles were created. The maximum moment/shear in simply supported, 2-span and 3-span continuous girders by the representative vehicles were calculated and compared with the impact of Wis-SPV. The study indicates Wis-SPV envelopes almost all single-unit trucks with less than 9 axles, which attributes 80% of the total permit records. The analysis of WIM records shows that about 0.035% of total overloaded vehicles (records) may exceed the impact of the 250-kip Wis-SPV. A 5-axle short truck was proposed to supplement Wis-SPV for possible use in the WisDOT Bridge Manual.
The bridge in this study was evaluated and a monitoring system was installed to investigate the effects of heavy loads andthe cost of fatigue for brid...
All state agencies have truck size and weight restrictions on their roadways based on federal and statelegislation. However, drivers can typically app...
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