The

Federal

Highway

Administration’s

(FHWA)

“Every

Day

Counts”

initiative

aims

to

shorten

the

overall

project

delivery

time,

enhance

safety,

and

protect

the

environment

both

on

and

around

construction

projects.

Using

innovative

planning,

design,

and

construction

methods,

Accelerated

Bridge

Construction

(ABC)

techniques

reduce

on-­‐site

construction

time

for

new

or

replacement

bridges.

One

aspect

of

ABC

is

Prefabricated

Bridge

Elements

and

Systems

(PBES),

where

bridge

components

are

fabricated

off

site

to

reduce

on-­‐site

construction

activities.

Many

state

departments

of

transportation

(DOTs)

are

currently

making

efforts

to

implement

PBES

for

construction

of

their

off-­‐system

bridges.

The

purpose

of

this

research

project

was

to

investigate

other

states’

standards

and

to

evaluate

them

for

possible

implementation

in

Florida.

An

exhaustive

search

was

made,

and

new

literature

was

reviewed,

to

learn

about

current

DOT

standards

and

practices.

The

search

revealed

that

the

states

with

the

most

prefabricated

bridge

standards

or

activities

are

as

follows:

Utah,

Alabama,

Texas,

Minnesota,

and

a

collaboration

of

Northeastern

states.

These

standards

were

reviewed

for

details

such

as

the

presence

of

post-­‐tensioning,

joint

types,

design

load,

and

inspectability.

The

two

standard

bridge

types

that

show

the

most

promise

for

adoption

by

Florida

Department

of

Transportation

(FDOT)

are

Minnesota‘s

Inverted-­‐tee

Beam,

and

PCI’s

“Northeastern

Extreme

Tee”

(NEXT)

Beam.

A

summary

of

the

findings,

including

advantages

and

disadvantages

of

the

bridge

systems,

is

included

in

this

report.

Also

included

is

a

comprehensive

list

of

Web

links

to

standard

drawings

from

all

state

DOTs,

as

well

as

more

information

on

ABC

and

PBES,

which

could

also

be

helpful

to

expedite

other

research

that

involves

standards

and

bridge

construction/design

practices.