COMPOSITE PLATE GIRDER BRIDGES A State-of-the-Art Report of UK Practice JOSÉ PEDRO VILAS BOAS DE MONTALVÃO FERNANDES Dissertation submitted for the partial fullfillement of the requirements to the degree of MASTER’S IN CIVIL ENGINEERING — SPECIALISATION IN STRUCTURES Professor Dr. José Miguel de Freitas Castro Dr. Ricardo Nuno Tavares Teixeira JANUARY 2016