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A girder may be made of concrete or steel. Many shorter bridges, especially in rural areas where they may be exposed to water overtopping and corrosion, utilize concrete box girder. The term "girder" is typically used to refer to a steel beam. In a beam or girder bridge, the beams themselves are the primary support for the deck, and are ...
For steel box girders, the girders are normally fabricated off site and lifted into place by crane, with sections connected by bolting or welding. If a composite concrete bridge deck is used, it is often cast in-place using temporary falsework supported by the steel girder. Either form of bridge may also be installed using the technique of ...
Beam bridges are the simplest structural forms for bridge spans supported by an abutment or pier at each end. [1] No moments are transferred throughout the support, hence their structural type is known as simply supported. The simplest beam bridge could be a log (see log bridge), a wood plank, or a stone slab (see clapper bridge) laid
Cable-stayed bridge and Suspension bridge: 1,408 m (4,619 ft) Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, [2] Istanbul: Cantilever bridge: 549 m (Quebec bridge) 1042.6 m (Forth Bridge) Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge: Clapper bridge: Covered bridge: Girder bridge: Continuous span girder bridge Integral bridge: Extradosed bridge: 1,920 m Arrah–Chhapra ...
Girder bridge: 1979 Germany Kocher: Highway 4 Lavant Viaduct: P3 and P4 165 m Girder bridge: 1981 Austria Twimberg Highway 5 Rago viaduct P2 150 m Box girder bridge: 1974 Italy Morano Calabro: Highway 6 Europe bridge: P4 146,5 m Box girder bridge: 1963 Austria Brenner Autobahn: Highway 7 Italia Viaduct: P3 145 m Box girder bridge: 1974 Italy ...
A concrete curved-chord through girder bridge, sometimes known as a camelback bridge, [2] [i] is a type of concrete bridge most common in the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario. [1] C.V. Dewart, the first professional bridge engineer of the Michigan State Highway Department, designed the type. [3]
Prestressed concrete is a major advance in concrete engineering and has effectively been used in rigid frame bridge construction. [10] This is notable because it was already challenging to place standard reinforcing in a concrete rigid frame bridge. Prestressing the rebars is more difficult but was proven to still be feasible. [10]
A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end (called cantilevers).For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beams; however, large cantilever bridges designed to handle road or rail traffic use trusses built from structural steel, or box girders built from prestressed concrete.