i BEHAVIOR AND DESIGN OF CURVED COMPOSITE BOX GIRDER BRIDGES FINAL REPORT - October 2002 - Sherif El-Tawil, PhD, PE and Ayman M. Okeil, PhD, PE Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2450 This report was prepared in cooperation with the State of Florida Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation. The report does not constitute a design standard, specification, or regulation. The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the authors in the course and scope of employment by the University of Central Florida and not necessarily those of the Florida Department of Transportation or the U.S. Department of Transportation.