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	Geometry of Bridge Construction
Aribeth
4-24-2008 4:07 PM
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4-24-2008 4:13 PM
abailart
I LOVE bridges. Very few people realise that when the Widnes-Runcorn Bridge over the River Mersey was built it was the largest single span cantilever bridge in Europe. And the third largest in the world!!!
4-25-2008 7:04 PM
kkcapricorn
Beautiful pictures. I have a bridge phobia, If I had to transverse any of those really long ones, I wouldn't be able to. Probably I'd stop the car and hide my head in a full fledged panic attack.
The Verrazano Bridge was a tough nut to crack.
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border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><B>A.</B>	The beam or truss bridge is, in effect, a pair of girders supporting a deck spanning the gap between two piers.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm">has to withstand both compression in its upper parts and tension in its lower parts</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"> may be a hollow box girder or an open frame or truss</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><TH colspan="2">Simple Truss (or Beam) bridges</TH></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/CF90F6CB-C08B-4EB4-836F-082EA757778B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/856DF340-BD83-4B02-A4E6-437912F468B3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/FB977A37-4C91-493D-8EB7-E3EB0A2FB051" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><B>B.</B>	An arch bridge can be designed so that no part of it has to withstand tension.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><TH colspan="2">Arch Bridges</TH></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/C335A0E8-0AA8-4B38-8DDA-637546306605" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/5CDDB85A-3FE6-42F7-8392-9658D7F52538" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/5AC361B4-E1A3-4A92-AF49-939A64A28B79" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/98B37F03-97E8-4C07-8987-8C806D64D042" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><B>C.</B>	A suspension bridge consists, basically, of a deck suspended from cables slung between high towers.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><DIV>The towers are in compression and the deck, often consisting of a long slender truss (used as a hollow beam), is supported at frequent intervals along its length.
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</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><TH colspan="2">Suspension Bridges</TH></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/B34AFD28-D875-4D5D-984B-026F1746EB38" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/2A313D6D-9E27-417C-B26F-B1DF04169429" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><B>D.</B>	A cantilever bridge is generally carried by two beams, each supported at one end.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm">must resist tension in its upper half and compression in its lower</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><TH colspan="2">Cantilever Bridges</TH></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.faculty.fairfield.edu/img/882AD235-F4DB-4EB4-BF61-980E6C0C567C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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