AASHTOWare Bridge Rating is AASHTOWare’s product for bridge load rating, featuring state-of-the-art graphical tools to speed preparation of the data and application of the results. Using a newly developed AASHTO module as its analytical engine for load and resistance factor rating (LRFR), load factor rating (LFR) and allowable stress rating (ASR), Bridge Rating provides an integrated database where rating inputs and outputs can readily be stored, reviewed and re-used. Through this database and the application-independent user interface, a user may provide a 3-dimensional description of a bridge superstructure. This bridge data can then be used by a variety of line-girder, 2-D or 3-D analysis packages, permit/routing systems and other third-party produced applications.
AASHTOWare Bridge Rating contains a host of features to make load rating as easy as possible. Libraries of standard and user-defined vehicles, loads, steel and pre-stressed shapes, load and resistance factors, materials, parapets, and other bridge components allow bridge models to be built quickly in a drag-and-drop manner. AASHTOWare Bridge Rating shares a common database with AASHTOWare Bridge Design software. When both products are licensed, a bridge can be designed using AASHTOWare Bridge Design and be immediately available to AASHTOWare Bridge Rating for load rating without re-entering and validating additional data.