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In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure comprising one or more triangular units constructed with straight slender members whose ends are connected at joints referred to as nodes.
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| x Allan truss | Howe truss | Hampden Bridge | |||
| Victoria Bridge, Picton | |||||
| x Baltimore truss | Pratt truss | ||||
| x Bollman truss | Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge | ||||
| x Bowstring arch truss | Fort Pitt Bridge | ||||
| x Brown truss |
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Ada Covered Bridge |
A Brown truss is a type of bridge truss, used in covered bridges. It is noted for its economical use of materials and is named after the inventor, Josiah Brown Jr., of Buffalo, New York, who patented it July 7, 1857 as US patent 17,722.
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| Fallasburg Bridge | |||||
| x Lenticular truss | Smithfield Street Bridge | ||||
| Royal Albert Bridge | |||||
| x Burr Truss |
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Mansfield Covered Bridge |
The Burr Arch Truss — or simply Burr Truss or Burr Arch — is a combination of an arch and a multiple kingpost truss design. It was invented in 1804 by Theodore Burr, patented on April 3, 1817, and used in bridges, usually covered bridges.
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| Deer Mills Covered Bridge | |||||
| Jackson Covered Bridge | |||||
| Sim Smith Covered Bridge | |||||
| Medora Covered Bridge | |||||
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| x Fink truss |
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| x Howe truss | Allan truss | Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site |
The relatively rare Howe truss, patented in 1840 by Massachusetts millwright William Howe, includes vertical members and diagonals that slope up towards the center, the opposite of the Pratt truss.[4] In contrast to the Pratt Truss, the diagonal web...
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Queen post |
A king post (or king-post) is a central vertical supporting post used in architectural, bridge, or aircraft design applications.
A king post (or crown post) extends vertically from a crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss. The king post...
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| x Lattice truss |
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Bartonsville Covered Bridge |
A Lattice truss, also known as Town's lattice truss, 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...
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| Brown Covered Bridge | |||||
| Burt Henry Covered Bridge | |||||
| Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge | |||||
| Kingsley Covered Bridge | |||||
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| x Parker truss | |||||
| x Pegram truss | |||||
| x Pennsylvania (Petit) truss | |||||
| x Post truss | |||||
| x Pratt truss | Baltimore truss | ||||
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| x Waddell truss | |||||
| x Warren truss |
A Warren truss is a type of structural truss.
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| x Whipple Pratt truss | |||||
| x Vierendeel truss | |||||
| x Queen post | King post |
A queen post is a supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post. A king post uses one central supporting post, whereas the queen post uses two.
A queen post bridge has two uprights placed about one-third of the way from each bank...
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