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The fundamental objectives of bridge design are safety, serviceability, economy and elegance. A design can be considered successful only when all four of these goals have been achieved. The relative importance of the objectives is defined by the consequences arising when they are not achieved. These vary from the unpleasant feelings evoked by ugly bridges to the loss of life and property caused by unsafe bridges. The order in which the objectives have been listed above can thus be regarded as hierarchical, beginning with safety as most important.
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Menn, C. 1986. StahlbetonbrĂĽcken (Reinforced concrete bridges). Vienna and New York: Springer- Verlag.
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Menn, C. (1990). Economy and Aesthetics. In: Prestressed Concrete Bridges. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9131-8_2
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