Cracking in reinforced concrete bridge decks is a massively concern in the India. Many concrete bridge decks,
inobservant to the age of construction, have shown different levels and patterns of cracking. Not only does cracking of bridge
decks weaken the bridge infrastructure, but also allows the inflow of corrosive agents into the reinforcement.
In this study, the crack width evaluation of RC bridge deck of span of 5 m. and 9 m. is based on equations given by IRS Concrete
Bridge Code 1997 for different cases like- the effect of depth variation, reinforcement diameter, clear cover, variation in live load
moment, spacing of tension reinforcement and different no. of tension reinforcement bar to constant width for the same crosssection.
