Abstract: Using current American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) allowable stress or load‐factor bridge‐rating methods, many of the nation's bridges are deficient in their load‐carrying capacities. ...

Abstract: This paper presents shakedown and plastic collapse test results for a one-third–scale bridge system. The bridge was a three-span, four-girder composite bridge comprising compact and noncompact sections. Experimental results ...