Structures Design Manual For Highways And Railw... Apr 2026

: Guidelines for flyovers, viaducts, underpasses, culverts, noise barriers, and retaining walls.

: Includes criteria for seismic actions as accidental actions, site-dependent elastic response spectrums, and simplified criteria for low seismicity. Continuous Updates Structures Design Manual for Highways and Railw...

: Includes critical chapters on independent design checking to verify design concepts, computer models, and the practicality of key details. Core Technical Content : Guidelines for flyovers

The manual is a "living document" that the Bridges and Structures Division regularly reviews and amends to stay in line with modern research. Recent updates include: site-dependent elastic response spectrums

The manual covers a wide range of design factors and structural types:

The current marked a significant shift in engineering practice in Hong Kong: