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Guide Bridge Special Provisions (GBSP)

GBSP's have been developed by IDOT's Bureau of Bridges and Structures in an effort to simplify the work involved in producing Special Provisions for items of work commonly associated with the design and construction of structures.

Special Instructions: The current GBSP's are available for download. Users can download individual or all files. To download an individual file to your hard drive click the link with the right mouse button, then choose "save target as." To view the file, click the link with the left mouse button. Files are in Adobe PDF format.

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Revised:April 13, 2018
Effective: as of June 15, 2018 Letting

GBSP NO.	Title	Effective Date	Revised Date
N/A	Index/Check Sheet		04/13/2018
4	Polymer Modified Portland Cement Mortar	6/7/1994	04/01/2016
12	Drainage System	6/10/1994	06/24/2015
13	High Load Multi-Rotational Bearings	10/13/1988	04/01/2016
14	Jack and Remove Existing Bearings	4/20/1994	04/13/2018
15	Three Sided Precast Concrete Structure	7/12/1994	12/21/2016
16	Jacking Existing Superstructure	1/11/1993	04/13/2018
17	Bonded Preformed Joint Seal	7/12/1994	01/01/2007
18	Modular Expansion Joint	5/19/1994	12/29/2014
21	Cleaning and Painting Contact Surface Areas of Existing Steel Structures	6/30/2003	04/13/2018
25	Cleaning and Painting Existing Steel Structures	10/2/2001	04/22/2016
26	Containment and Disposal of Lead Paint Cleaning Residues	10/2/2001	04/22/2016
28	Deck Slab Repair	5/15/1995	04/13/2018
29	Bridge Deck Microsilica Concrete Overlay	5/15/1995	10/20/2017
30	Bridge Deck Latex Concrete Overlay	5/15/1995	10/20/2017
31	Bridge Deck High-Reactivity Metakaolin (HRM) Concrete Overlay	1/21/2000	10/20/2017
33	Pedestrian Truss Superstructure	1/13/1998	12/29/2014
34	Concrete Wearing Surface	6/23/1994	10/04/2016
35	Silicone Bridge Joint Sealer	8/1/1995	10/15/2011
45	Bridge Deck Thin Polymer Overlay	5/7/1997	02/06/2013
51	Pipe Underdrain for Structures	5/17/2000	01/22/2010
53	Structural Repair of Concrete	3/15/2006	04/01/2016
55	Erection of Curved Steel Structures	6/1/2007
56	Setting Piles in Rock	11/14/1996	04/01/2016
59	Diamond Grinding and Surface Testing Bridge Sections	12/6/2004	03/29/2017
60	Containment and Disposal of Non-Lead Paint Cleaning Residues	11/25/2004	04/22/2016
61	Slipform Parapet	6/1/2007	04/22/2016
67	Structural Assessment Reports for Contractor’s Means and Methods	3/6/2009	10/05/2015
71	Aggregate Column Ground Improvement	1/15/2009	10/15/2011
72	Bridge Deck Fly Ash or GGBF Slag Concrete Overlay	1/18/2011	10/20/2017
75	Bond Breaker for Prestressed Concrete Bulb-T Beams	4/19/2012
77	Weep Hole Drains for Abutments, Wingwalls, Retaining Walls and Culverts	4/19/2012	10/22/2013
78	Bridge Deck Construction	10/22/2013	12/21/2016
79	Bridge Deck Grooving (Longitudinal)	12/29/2014	03/29/2017
81	Membrane Waterproofing System for Buried Structures	10/04/2016	04/13/2018
82	Metallizing of Structural Steel	10/04/2016	10/20/2017
83	Hot Dip Galvanizing For Structural Steel	10/04/2016	10/20/2017
85	Micropiles	4/19/1996	10/05/2015
86	Drilled Shafts	10/5/2015	10/04/2016
87	Lightweight Cellular Concrete Fill	11/11/2001	04/01/2016
88	Corrugated Structural Plate Structures	04/22/2016	04/13/2018
89	Preformed Pavement Joint Seal	10/04/2016
90	Three Sided Precast Concrete Structure (Special)	12/21/2016	04/13/2018
91	Crosshole Sonic Logging Testing of Drilled Shafts	04/20/2016
92	Thermal Integrity Profile Testing of Drilled Shafts	04/20/2016
93	Preformed Bridge Joint Seal	12/21/2016	04/13/2018
94	Warranty for Cleaning and Painting Steel Structures	03/03/2000	11/24/2004
95	Bituminous Coated Aggregate Slopewall	04/13/2018

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