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Bridges
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Suspension Bridges
• A suspension bridge is a type of bridge which is built by suspending the roadway from cables attached to a master cable which runs above the length of the bridge. They are strong and lightweight
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The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it
was completed in 1937
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The Tower Bridge was opened on June 30, 1894 by The Prince of Wales
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The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States built
in 1883
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Arch Bridges
• An arch bridge is a type of bridge that relies on a curved, semi-circular structure for its support.
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The Ponte Vecchio (literally “old bridge”) is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River in
Florence; the only Florentine bridge to survive WWII
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Sydney Harbor Bridge is the world’s largest (but not the longest) steel arch bridge with the top of the
bridge standing 134 meters above Sydney Harbor
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NY architecture firm Fxfowle is designing what will be the largest and tallest arch bridge in the world, at one mile long and 670 feet tall
with a price tag of$817 million dollars.
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Cable Stayed Bridges
• A cable-stayed bridge has one or more towers (or pylons), from which cables support the bridge deck
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The Millau Viaduct (“le Viaduc de Millau”, in French) spans the River Tarn valley near the medieval town of Millau in southern France
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Nanpu Bridge was made to minimize the amount of land used by the bridge approach
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The Alamillo Bridge provides a vital transport link across the Guadalquivir River from the Spanish city of Seville to La Cartuja Island
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Truss Bridges
• The basic truss design consists of three basic components: the piers, the chords and the diagonal "webs" that give the truss its distinctive, triangular-webbed appearance. More elaborate truss bridges may also sport struts, sway bracing and wind bracing
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The design of the Bollman Truss Bridge-patented in 1852 and one of the first to use
iron exclusively in all essential structural elements-was critical in the rapid expansion
of American railroads in the 19th century
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The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British-American World War II film. The film is based in Japan but the bridge is actually in
Thailand
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Beam Bridges
• A beam bridge, sometimes called a girder bridge, is a rigid structure that consists of one horizontal beam supported at each end, usually by some kind of pillar or pier.
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The Manchac swamp bridge in Louisiana is the 2nd longest in the United States, which
carries Interstate 55 across the swamps
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The Tianjin Grand bridge is one of the youngest and also the second longest of all
bridges and is a sea link
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Tilt Bridge
• A tilt bridge is a type of moveable bridge which rotates about fixed endpoints rather than lifting or bending, as with a drawbridge
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The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is the world's first and currently only tilting bridge
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie"
• http://on.aol.com/video/the-original-tacoma-narrows-bridge-collapse-of-1940-119995718
• http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=97000
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Bibliography
• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-beam-bridges.html• http://www.freshdesignweb.com/30-famous-bridge-
architecture.html• http://www.touropia.com/most-famous-bridges-in-the-
world/• http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/none/24-worlds-most-
amazing-bridges-062644• http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-suspension-bridge.htm• http://www.travellerspoint.com/guide/Famous_Bridges/• http://www.asce.org/People-and-Projects/Projects/
Landmarks/Bollman-Truss-Bridge/