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Ron you are correct. It was a smooth dowel that utilized sleeves on alternating ends to facilitate expansion. Thanks everyone for the replies! Super helpful!

Okay, does anyone see a problem substituting A615 Grade 60 steel dowel for a A36 steel dowel? It appears the A615 is a better product.

North East Florida so occasionally in the 20's. It is from the FDOT design standards for 2015. So essentially the A615 is a better product? Can you comment on the differences?

I am on a project which specifies the following for load transfer dowels in a junction slab (Basically the slab that prevents overturning when a vehicle hits a traffic railing mounted on a MSE Wall, the dowels transfer the load at expansion joints): Dowel Load transfer devices will be ASTM A 36...

Does anyone have a pdf of the ACI SP-4 2014 edition?

Everyone, I need help with a load rating. Please see the attached picture for the girder configuration. Essentially its two bridges, with the right bridge constructed in 1993 with 9 pre stressed unit (PSU, precast solid) girders and the left side was constructed in 2005 with 11 girders. Each...

Thanks for the reply. When we demo-ed the existing slab, there was no dowels connecting the approach slab to the backwall and therre did not appear to be any movement of the approach slab, however, there was concrete pavement behind the slab so there was no where it could move. But we did...

Guys We are replacing a approach slab on a state road project in florida. The approach slab is for an existing bridge approx. 50 years old. The standards call to dowel and expoy #8 bars into the existing bridge's backwall which the approach slab will be poured onto. However my concern is...