| AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| ACI | American Concrete Institute |
| AFRP | Aramid fiber-reinforced polymer |
| BFRP | Basalt fiber-reinforced polymer |
| CFRP | Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer |
| CRRB | Corrosion-resistant reinforcing bar(s) |
| DOT | Department of transportation |
| fib | International Federation of Structural Concrete (translation) |
| FRP | Fiber-reinforced polymer |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| LCCA | Life-cycle cost analysis |
| LRFD | Load and resistance factor design |
| MMFX | Microcomposite multistructural formable steel |
| NBI | National Bridge Inventory |
| UV | Ultraviolet |