Wide Flange Call Out from 1940's

[chamokinawan]

I'm looking at plans from a bridge built in the 40's and the way they called out their wide flanges is: 1- 14" x 8" WF @ 48#. I'm assuming the tick marks are correct as it is hand drafted and scanned making it not entirely readable. How would I compare that to today's nomenclature?

 

[racookpe1978]

Most likely quantity = 1 for a WF 14 x 48 lbs per foot member.

Verify the flange you read from today's tables for a WF14 at 48 lbs/ft is actually "close to" 8 inches across.

Don't expect the actual inches (the decimal places) for web height nor flange width to be exact.

 

[SlideRuleEra]

W14x48

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[Lomarandil]

Not that anyone really needs to vouch further when SRE has weighed in, but I concur.

 

[chamokinawan]

Thanks, everyone. I figured that's what it meant, and that the 8" was just a rough flange width. It was because some had: 1-14"x8" WF @ 48#, 2-15" C @33.9#. But i looked at a cross section and it was a wide flange sandwiched between two channels. Thanks, again for the reassurance.