List of Abbreviations
List of Abbreviations
In developing bridge project plan sheets, adhered to these rules:
- Minimize the use of abbreviations.
- Complete sentences should not contain abbreviations.
- Reduce the use of back to back abbreviations in the same call-out.
- Use abbreviations without a period for clarity unless otherwise indicated in the table below.
- When space requirements necessitate the use of abbreviations, follow this table:
| Word | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Abutment | Abut |
| Alternate | Alt |
| And | & |
| Approach | Appr |
| Approximate | Approx |
| Asphaltic Concrete | AC |
| At | @ |
| Avenue | Ave |
| Back Face | BF |
| Back Wall | BW |
| Bank Protection | Bank Prot |
| Bearing | Brg |
| Beginning | Beg |
| Bench Mark | BM |
| Bituminous Joint | Bit Jt |
| Bottom | Bot |
| Boulevard | Blvd |
| Boundary | Bndry |
| Bridge | Br |
| Building | Bldg |
| Cast-In-Place | CIP |
| Cast-In-Place Concrete Box Culvert | CIP CBC |
| Center | Ctr |
| Center of Gravity | c.g. |
| Center to Center | C to C |
| Centerline | ℄ |
| Clear | Clr |
| Column | Col |
| Concrete | Conc |
| Concrete Box Culvert | CBC |
| Concrete Pipe | Conc Pipe |
| Construction | Constr |
| Continuous | Cont |
| Correction | Corr |
| Corrugated Metal Pipe | CMP |
| Culvert | Culv |
| Curve to Spiral | CS |
| Department | Dept |
| Diameter | Dia |
| Diaphragm | Diaph |
| Dimension | Dim |
| Discharge | Q |
| Division | Div |
| Drawing | Dwg |
| Drive | Dr |
| East Bound | EB |
| Elevation | El |
| Embankment | Emb |
| Engineer | Engr |
| Equal | Eq |
| Excavation | Excav |
| Existing | Exst |
| Existing Ground Line | Exst Gnd Line |
| Expansion | Exp |
| Extend, Extension or Exterior | Ext |
| Federal | Fed |
| Figure | Fig |
| Flange | Flg |
| Floor | Flr |
| Flow Rate | Q |
| Footing | Ftg |
| Front Face | FF |
| Galvanized | Galv |
| Gauge | Ga |
| Girder | Gir |
| Government | Govt |
| Grade | Gr |
| Grade Separation | Gr Sep |
| Ground Line | Gnd Line |
| Guard | Grd |
| Handrail | Hdrl |
| Headwall | Hdwl |
| Height | Ht |
| High Strength | HS |
| High Water | HW |
| Highway | Hwy |
| Horizontal | Horiz |
| Inside Diameter | ID |
| Interior | int |
| Intermediate | interm |
| Joint | Jt |
| Junction | Jct |
| Laboratory | Lab |
| Latitude | Lat |
| Left | Lt |
| Length | Lgth |
| Linear Feet | LF |
| Longitudinal | Longit |
| Lump Sum | LS |
| Manhole | MH |
| Material | Mtl |
| Maximum | Max |
| Mile | mi. |
| Mile Post | MP |
| Minimum | Min |
| Miscellaneous | Misc |
| National | Natl |
| North Bound | NB |
| Number | No. |
| Opposite | Opp |
| Outside Diameter | OD |
| Overpass | OP |
| Parallel | // |
| Parkway | Pkwy |
| Percent | % |
| Perpendicular | ⊥ |
| Plate | ⅊ |
| Point of Tangency | PT |
| Point of Curve | POC |
| Point of Intersection | POI |
| Point of Tangent | POT |
| Point of Vertical Curvature | PVC |
| Point of Vertical Intersection | PVI |
| Point of Vertical Tangent | PVT |
| Prefabrication | Prefab |
| Preliminary | Prelim |
| Property | Prop |
| Protection | Prot |
| Quantity | Qty |
| Radius | R |
| Railroad | RR |
| Reinforced | Reinf |
| Reinforced Concrete | RC |
| Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert | RCBC |
| Reinforced Concrete Pipe | RCP |
| Required | Reqd |
| Right | Rt |
| Right-of-Way | R/W |
| Road | Rd |
| Roadway | Rdwy |
| Section | Sect |
| Sheet | Sht |
| Shoulder | Shldr |
| Skew | Sk |
| South Bound | SB |
| Space(s) | Spa |
| Special | Spcl |
| Spiral to Curve | SC |
| Spiral to Tangent | ST |
| Standard | Std |
| Station | Sta |
| Stiffener | Stif |
| Street | St |
| Structural | Str |
| Survey | Survey |
| Symmetrical | Symm |
| Tangent to Spiral | TS |
| Temporary Concrete Barrier | TCB |
| Tons | T |
| Transverse | Trans |
| Typical | Typ |
| Underpass | UP |
| Vertical | Vert |
| Vertical Curve | VC |
| West Bound | WB |
| Unit | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Cubic | Cu |
| Cubic Feet | CF |
| Cubic Feet per Second | cfs |
| Cubic Yard | CY |
| Degree Fahrenheit | oF |
| Each | Ea |
| Feet or Foot | Ft |
| Inches | in. |
| Kips per Square Feet | ksf |
| Kips per Square Inch | ksi |
| Pounds | Lbs |
| Pounds per Square Feet | psf |
| Pounds per Square Inch | psi |
| Square Feet | SF |
| Square Yard | SY |