1. HIGHWAYS AGENCY, UK, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. BD 56/96 and BA 56/96 "The Assessment of Steel Highway Bridges and Structures" Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, 1996
2. FLINT & NEILL PARTNERSHIP, "Modified Appendix S" - developed internally as a departure from standard from Appendix S in BA 56/96. This has now become the normative Annex S in revised BA 56/10 "The Assessment of Steel Highway Bridges and Structures"
3. TOAKLEY A.R. et al "Redesign of West Gate Bridge" Road Construction Authority,Victoria, Australia, 1986
4. "Report of the Royal Commission into the Failure of West Gate bridge", 1971, Victorian Government Printer
5. Inquiry into the Basis of Design and Method of Erection of Steel Box Girder Bridges, "Interim design and workmanship rules", 1974, HMSO, London. (Used in conjunction with Modified Appendix S[2] for the West Gate steel box girder assessment.)