Okay, I found the new link. In case anyone else is interested the current link is:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/techpubs/manual/bridgemanuals/bridge-memo-to-designer/page/Section%207/7-10.1.pdf
klboyster
There is a thread started Jan. 11, 2006 and now closed concerning how to find the point of zero movement for a bridge. One of the responses refers to a CalDOT example and gives a link, now obsolete, to a memo-to-designers with this example.
I have looked at the CalDOT site and so far have not...
Is the minimum effective area defined in Section 6.2 valid for the Simplified Procedure? All of the charts referred to in the definition are to be used in the Analytical Procedure. Or is the effective area determined from the Zones in Figure 6-3 for the Simplified Procedure? If the effective...