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Bridge Type list
List started by
robert
for the Transportation domain
Bridge type describes the form of construction used on a bridge. Examples are suspension bridge or truss bridge.
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| Arch bridge |
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Lewiston-Queenston Bridge |
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutment at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct (a long...
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| Hell Gate Bridge | ||||
| Michigan Central Railway Bridge | ||||
| Henry Hudson Bridge | ||||
| Princes Bridge, Melbourne | ||||
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| Truss bridge | Golden Gate Bridge |
A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements (typically straight) which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges. The basic...
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| Texas-Mexican Railway International Bridge | ||||
| San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge | ||||
| Triborough Bridge | ||||
| Victoria Bridge | ||||
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| Truss arch bridge |
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Golden Gate Bridge |
A truss arch bridge combines the elements of the truss bridge and the arch bridge. The actual resolution of force will depend upon the design. If no horizontal thrusting forces are generated this becomes an arch-shaped truss, essentially a bent beam...
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| North Grand Island Bridge | ||||
| I-35W Bridge | ||||
| Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge | ||||
| Britannia Bridge | ||||
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| Suspension bridge |
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Golden Gate Bridge |
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge where the main load-bearing elements are hung from suspension cables. While modern suspension bridges with level decks date from the early 19th century, earlier types are reported from the 3rd century BC....
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| Williamsburg Bridge | ||||
| Manhattan Bridge | ||||
| Brooklyn Bridge | ||||
| Delaware Aqueduct | ||||
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| Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge |
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Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay |
A cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge is a modern variation of the cable-stayed bridge. This design has been pioneered by the architect Santiago Calatrava. An example of this type is the Puente del Alamillo. In two of his designs the force...
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| Covered bridge |
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Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge |
A covered bridge is a bridge, often single-lane, with enclosed sides and a roof. They have typically been wooden, although some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides. Especially associated with the nineteenth century, covered bridges...
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| Caine Road Covered Bridge | ||||
| Mechanicsville Road Covered Bridge | ||||
| Doyle Road Covered Bridge | ||||
| Kapellbrücke | ||||
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| Bailey bridge |
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The Bailey bridge is a portable pre-fabricated truss bridge, designed for use by military engineer units to bridge up to 60 m (200 ft) gaps. It requires no special tools or heavy equipment for construction, the bridge elements are small enough to be...
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| Cable-stayed bridge |
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George Street Bridge |
A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more column (normally referred to as towers or pylons), with cable supporting the bridge deck.
There are two major classes of cable-stayed bridges: In a harp design, the cables are made...
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| Brooklyn Bridge | ||||
| ANZAC Bridge | ||||
| Oresund Bridge | ||||
| West Gate Bridge | ||||
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| Side-spar cable-stayed bridge |
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Esplanade Riel |
A side-spar cable-stayed bridge may be an otherwise conventional cable-stayed bridge but its cable support does not span the roadway, rather being cantilever from one side. The bridge illustrated is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This...
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| Simple suspension bridge | Capilano Suspension Bridge |
A simple suspension bridge is an early bridge type and is still formed from native materials, chiefly rope, in some areas of South America. These rope bridges must be periodically renewed owing to the limited lifetime of the materials, and rope...
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| Inca rope bridge |
Inca rope bridges were simple suspension bridge over canyons and gorges (pongo) to provide access for the Inca Empire. Bridges of this type were suitable for use since the Inca people did not use wheeled transport - traffic was limited to...
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| Compression arch suspended-deck bridge |
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Svinesund Bridge |
A compression arch suspended-deck bridge, or through arch bridge, is a bridge made from modern materials such as steel or reinforced concrete in which a compression arch rises above the deck. Cables connect the deck to the arch.
One of the most...
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| Merivale Bridge, Brisbane | ||||
| Bridge of the Americas | ||||
| Hernando de Soto Bridge | ||||
| Detroit-Superior Bridge | ||||
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| Self-anchored suspension bridge |
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Konohana Bridge |
A self-anchored suspension bridge is a suspension bridge in which the main cables do not attach to the ground via large anchorages; instead, the main cables attach to the ends of the road deck, which experiences compression forces equal to the...
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| Yeongjong Grand Bridge | ||||
| Hutsonville Bridge | ||||
| Rachel Carson Bridge | ||||
| Deutzer Hängebrücke | ||||
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| Box girder bridge | West Gate Bridge |
A box girder bridge is a bridge where the main beams comprise girder in the shape of a hollow box. The box girder normally comprises either prestressed concrete, structural steel, or a composite of steel and reinforced concrete. The box is typically...
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| Oregon City Bridge | ||||
| Gateway to the Americas International Bridge | ||||
| Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge | ||||
| Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge | ||||
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| Cantilever bridge |
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Foresthill Bridge |
A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilever--structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end. For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beams; however, large cantilever bridges designed to handle road...
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| Forth Bridge | ||||
| Bolte Bridge | ||||
| Queensboro Bridge | ||||
| San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge | ||||
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| Clapper bridge |
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A clapper bridge is an ancient form of bridge found on the moors of Devon (Dartmoor and Exmoor) and in other upland areas of the United Kingdom including Snowdonia and Anglesey. It is formed by large flat slabs of granite or schist supported on...
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| Pontoon bridge |
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Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge |
A pontoon bridge or floating bridge is a bridge that floats on water, supported by barge-or-boat-like pontoons to support the bridge deck and its dynamic loads. While pontoon bridges are usually temporary structures, some are used for long periods...
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| Evergreen Point Floating Bridge | ||||
| Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge | ||||
| Bergsøysund Bridge | ||||
| Queen Emma Bridge | ||||
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| Girder bridge |
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Harvard Bridge |
A girder bridge, in general, is a bridge built of girder placed on bridge abutments and foundation piers. In turn, a bridge deck is built on top of the girders in order to carry traffic. There are several different subtypes of girder bridges:
An I...
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| Broadway Bridge | ||||
| Cape Coral Bridge | ||||
| Sanibel Causeway | ||||
| Midpoint Memorial Bridge | ||||
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| Log bridge |
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A log bridge is a bridge that uses logs that fall naturally or are intentionally felled or placed across streams. The first manmade bridges with significant span were probably intentionally felled trees. The use of emplaced logs is now sometimes...
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| Segmental bridge |
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Bowen Bridge |
As its name implies, a segmental bridge is a bridge built in short sections (called segments), i.e., one piece at a time, as opposed to traditional methods that build a bridge in very large sections. The bridge is made of concrete that is either...
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| Friarton Bridge | ||||
| Second Severn Crossing | ||||
| Trinity Bridge | ||||
| Liteyny Bridge | ||||
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| Step-stone bridge |
A step-stone bridge is a simple means for a pedestrian to cross a watercourse during periods of low flow while keeping feet and (particularly) footwear dry. This type, along with the log bridge are likely the oldest bridge types. Unlike all other...
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| Swing bridge |
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City Island Bridge |
A swing bridge is a movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring at or near to its center, about which the turning span can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration below....
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| Livingston Avenue Bridge | ||||
| Macombs Dam Bridge | ||||
| Keokuk Rail Bridge | ||||
| University Heights Bridge | ||||
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| Tubular bridge |
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Victoria Bridge |
A tubular bridge is a bridge built as a rigid box girder section within which the traffic is carried. Famous examples include the original Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait and the Conwy railway bridge over the River Conwy, both designed and...
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| Moon bridge |
A moon bridge is a highly arched pedestrian bridge, which in its wooden form may require the walker to initially climb (as one would a ladder) and also when descending. This type is associated with gardens in China and Japan, and is called a Drum...
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| Beam bridge |
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Árpád Bridge |
A beam bridge is a direct descendant of the log bridge, now more normally made from shallow steel 'I' beams, box girders, reinforced concrete, or post-tensioned concrete. It is frequently used in pedestrian bridges and for highway overpasses and...
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| Joseph E. Muller Bridge | ||||
| US Route 3 Bridge over the Connecticut River | ||||
| Milford-Montague Toll Bridge | ||||
| Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge | ||||
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| Trestle |
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel |
A trestle is a bridge that consists of a number of short spans, supported by splayed vertical elements and is usually for railroad use. Timber trestles were extensively used in the nineteenth century in mountainous areas and to traverse floodplains...
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| Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel | ||||
| Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel | ||||
| Lake Pontchartrain Causeway | ||||
| Moodna Viaduct | ||||
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| Plate girder bridge | Scudder Falls Bridge |
A plate girder bridge is a bridge supported by two or more plate girder. The plate girders are typically I-beam made up from separate structural steel plates (rather than rolled as a single cross-section), which are welded (or occasionally bolted or...
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| La Crosse West Channel Bridge | ||||
| Lexington Bridge | ||||
| I-35W Minnesota River bridge | ||||
| Washington Avenue Bridge | ||||
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| Lattice bridge |
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Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge |
A lattice bridge is a form of truss bridge that uses a large number of small and closely spaced diagonal elements that form a lattice. It was patented by architect Ithiel Town in 1820 and 1835 as Town's lattice truss.
Originally a design to allow a...
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| Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge | ||||
| Swann Covered Bridge | ||||
| Clarkson-Legg Covered Bridge | ||||
| Horton Mill Covered Bridge | ||||
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| Transporter bridge |
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Puente Colgante |
A transporter bridge (also ferry bridge or aerial transfer bridge) is a type of movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river. The gondola is slung from a tall span by wire or a metal frame. The design has been used to cross...
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| Newport Transporter Bridge | ||||
| Osten Transporter Bridge | ||||
| Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge | ||||
| Aerial Lift Bridge | ||||
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| Deck arch bridge | Latin Bridge in Sarajevo | |||
| Crooked River High Bridge | ||||
| Patterson Viaduct | ||||
| Novospassky Bridge | ||||
| Perrine Bridge | ||||
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| Bascule bridge |
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Tower Bridge |
A bascule bridge is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or "leaf," throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic. Bascule is a French term for seesaw and balance, and bascule...
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