1. Types Of Bridges Flashcards
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Describe a box girder bridge?
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A beam bridge, which consists of a tube (box) with a rectangular cross section stiffen by a series of girders on each side. Originally made of steel. Extensively used after WWII, most road and freeway bridges utilise this design.
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Q
What type of bridge is this?
- Beam (box girder)
- Suspension
- Arch
- Beam (concrete)
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- Suspension
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Q
Name some technologies that allowed the Millau bridge in France to be built.
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- GPS- accuracy
- Plasma cutting of box girder sections
- continous pouring of concrete
- Teflon used to push vechile deck into place
- design of towers to allow movement of vechile deck.
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Q
What type of bridge is this
- Beam (box girder)
- Suspension
- Arch
- Beam (concrete)
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- Box girder (welded steel)
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Q
What type of Bridge is this
- Beam (box girder)
- Suspension
- Arch
- Beam (concrete)
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- Arch
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Q
How did bridge materials change over time
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early- timber (Romans)
stone and rock gave longivity
cast iron
steel
concrete