Distribute the weight of all railing and sidewalks over the entire slab width if the slab is no wider than 32 ft. Otherwise, distribute railing load over 16 ft.

Design using 1 ft. wide strips. Take bearing centerline at cap quarter points. For interior supports of continuous spans, assume bearing centerline coincides with cap centerline.

Apply both the axle loads and lane loads of the HL-93 live load in accordance with Article 3.6.1.3.3 for spans more than 15 ft.

Distribute live load in accordance with Article 4.6.2.3 using Equation 4.6.2.3-2. Use Equation 4.6.2.3-3 to reduce force effects with skewed bridges.

For longitudinal edge beams, required by Articles 5.12.2.1 and 9.7.1.4, apply one line of wheels plus the tributary portion of the lane load to the reduced strip width specified in Article 4.6.2.1.4b.