A Proposed Design of Pratt Truss Railway Bridge at Mayao Parada, Lucena City

The idea of proposing a design of Pratt Truss Railway Bridge answers the problem of the cross-river multi-modal transportation of goods and people and aims to protect the safety of the residence nor the commuters. The main objective of this approach is to avoid accidents and to give them a conventional transportation to the nearest schools, market place, church, barangay hall and as the nearest and inexpensive way of transporting their weight goods. The study concentrates on the design of the proposed design of pratt truss railway bridge based on design codes, standards and specification required in the structure components with all possible combination of the proposed structural design computation of the proposed structure using Ultimate Strength Design, National Structural Code of the Philippines Vol. II, Bridge , and existing laws and regulations of Philippine National Railway. Using simple costing method in estimating the quantity of materials and computing all the necessary materials and equipment used based on the current price and rate of laborer and considering the activities to be done, the researchers arrive to the probable cost of the pratt truss bridge of 11,051,698.32 pesos. The researchers recommended the implementation of the construction of the proposed design of Pratt truss Railway Bridge and for the location to be taken into consideration.