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Structural Bridge Design Updates (What's New in 2025)

Multiple line beams can now be added to a Structural Bridge Design Project.

A Structural Bridge Design Project can now contain the following structural models:

  • a single Refined Analysis model
  • one or more Line Beam models

Create Line Beam

These models can link to the same Design Sections or Design Beams.

A simple way to obtain Temperature and Shrinkage analysis, and Construction on Centering effects for a Design Beam is to automatically create Line Beam model(s) from the Refined Model. From the Member Details form, select a beam element of the desired line of beams in the first span, and click the Create Line Beam action item. For an FE Web or Tub Girder, select a beam element representing the top flange.

Create Line Beam

The line beam will be defined using the geometry and structure properties of the active Refined Model. See example

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