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2. Skew arch - Wikipedia

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   A skew arch (also known as an oblique arch) is a method of construction that enables an arch bridge to span an obstacle at some angle other than a right angle. This results in the faces of the arch not being perpendicular to its abutments and its plan view being a parallelogram , rather than the rectangle that is the plan view of a regular, or ...

3. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct

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   The bridge consists of six main spans, each 78 feet (24 m) in length, crossing the river and Kelly Drive; five small arches, each 9 feet (2.7 m) in length, for pedestrian traffic; and a 30-foot (9.1 m) arch over Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive. The bridge's spandrel walls were reinforced in 1935.

4. Manchester Piccadilly station - Wikipedia

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   George W. Buck designed the original skew arch bridge over Fairfield Street; it had ten cast iron arch ribs, which formed one part of the brick arch viaduct, and was topped with open stonework parapets. The bridge was subsequently widened and wrought iron plate girders and transverse girders were added to support longitudinal joists with iron ...

5. Truss plans ‘skew support’ to richest households, warns ...

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   There is a case for a ‘solidarity tax’ to recoup some of the cost from those who can pay more, said the think tank.

6. Skew Arch Bridge (Reading, Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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   The Skew Arch Bridge in Reading, Pennsylvania, also known as the Askew Bridge and nicknamed the Soap and Whiskey Bridge, is an historic skew arch bridge that was completed in 1857. Its design enabled it to carry two tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (P&R) at an angle over Sixth Street in Reading, Berks County , Pennsylvania .

7. Blast brings down third and final arch of historic Buck O ...

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