How to define span start in design traffic line lane?

Creation date: 10/23/2017 1:17 AM    Updated: 5/19/2023 10:50 PM    aashto lrfd design traffic line lane maximum negative moment span start
Answer:
In multi-span bridges, we will select the first element of each span as span start. This is used to calculate the maximum negative moment of a continuous bridge due to DL.
Considering an example of 2 span bridge. We will select the element number 1 and 8 as span start as shown in the images below.



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