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Bridge type describes the form of construction used on a bridge. Examples are suspension bridge or truss bridge.
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| x Arch bridge |
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Lewiston-Queenston Bridge |
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments 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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| x 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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| x 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 forces will depend upon the design. If no horizontal thrusting forces are generated this becomes an arch-shaped truss, essentially a bent...
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| North Grand Island Bridge | |||
| I-35W Bridge | |||
| Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge | |||
| Britannia Bridge | |||
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| x Suspension bridge |
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Golden Gate Bridge |
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (the load-bearing portion) is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. While modern bridges of this type date from the early 19th century, earlier bridges without vertical...
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| Williamsburg Bridge | |||
| Manhattan Bridge | |||
| Brooklyn Bridge | |||
| Delaware Aqueduct | |||
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| x 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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| x 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. Mainly associated with the nineteenth century, covered bridges often...
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| Caine Road Covered Bridge | |||
| Mechanicsville Road Covered Bridge | |||
| Doyle Road Covered Bridge | |||
| Kapellbrücke | |||
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| x Bailey bridge |
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The Bailey bridge is a portable pre-fabricated truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering 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...
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| x Cable-stayed bridge |
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George Street Bridge |
A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns (normally referred to as towers or pylons), with cables 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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| x 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 cantilevered from one side. The bridge illustrated is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This...
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| x Simple suspension bridge |
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Capilano Suspension Bridge |
A simple suspension bridge (also rope bridge, swing bridge (NZ), suspended bridge, and hanging bridge) is an early type of bridge that is supported entirely from anchors at either end, and has no towers or piers. However, it may have saddles. In...
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| Dodger Point Bridge | |||
| Bambuco Bridge | |||
| x Inca rope bridge |
Inca rope bridges were simple suspension bridges over canyons and gorges (pongos) 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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| x 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 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 famous...
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| Merivale Bridge, Brisbane | |||
| Bridge of the Americas | |||
| Hernando de Soto Bridge | |||
| Detroit-Superior Bridge | |||
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| x Self-anchored suspension bridge |
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Yeongjong Grand Bridge |
A self-anchored suspension bridge is a suspension bridge in which the main cables attach to the ends of the road, rather than to the ground via large anchorages. The design is well-suited for construction atop elevated piers, or in areas of unstable...
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| Konohana Bridge | |||
| Hutsonville Bridge | |||
| Rachel Carson Bridge | |||
| Deutzer Hängebrücke | |||
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| x Box girder bridge | West Gate Bridge |
A box girder bridge is a bridge in which the main beams comprise girders 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...
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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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| x Cantilever bridge |
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Foresthill Bridge |
A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers, 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...
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| Forth Bridge | |||
| Bolte Bridge | |||
| Queensboro Bridge | |||
| San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge | |||
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| x 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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| x 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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| x Girder bridge |
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Harvard Bridge |
A girder bridge, in general, is a bridge built of girders 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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| x 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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| x 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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| x 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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| x 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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| x 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, designed and tested...
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| x 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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| x Beam bridge |
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Árpád Bridge |
Beam bridges are the simplest kind of bridge today. They are a direct descendant of the log bridge, now more commonly made from shallow steel 'I' beams, box girders, reinforced concrete, or post-tensioned concrete. It is frequently used in...
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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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| x Trestle |
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel |
A trestle is a rigid frame used as a support, especially referring to a path supported by a number of such braced frames or short spans supported by splayed vertical elements (usually for railroad use). Timber trestles were extensively used in the...
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| Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel | |||
| Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel | |||
| Lake Pontchartrain Causeway | |||
| Moodna Viaduct | |||
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| x Plate girder bridge | Scudder Falls Bridge |
A plate girder bridge is a bridge supported by two or more plate girders. The plate girders are typically I-beams made up from separate structural steel plates (rather than rolled as a single cross-section), which are welded (or occasionally bolted...
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| La Crosse West Channel Bridge | |||
| Lexington Bridge | |||
| I-35W Minnesota River bridge | |||
| Washington Avenue Bridge | |||
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| x 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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| x 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 wires 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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| x Deck arch bridge | Latin Bridge in Sarajevo | ||
| Crooked River High Bridge | |||
| Patterson Viaduct | |||
| Novospassky Bridge | |||
| Perrine Bridge | |||
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| x 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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| Passyunk Avenue Bridge | |||
| Pulaski Bridge | |||
| Mystic River Bascule Bridge | |||
| Salmon Bay Bridge | |||
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| x Lift bridge |
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Welland Canal, bridge 13 |
A vertical lift bridge or lift bridge is a type of movable bridge in which a span rises vertically while remaining parallel with the deck.
The vertical lift offers several benefits over other movable bridges such as the bascule and swing span bridge...
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| Memorial Bridge | |||
| Upper Hack Lift | |||
| Sarah Mildred Long Bridge | |||
| Wittpenn Bridge | |||
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| x Stone Arch Bridge |
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Tongland Bridge |
The Stone Arch Bridge is a former railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Positioned between the 3rd Avenue Bridge and the I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge, the Stone Arch Bridge was...
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| Ken Bridge | |||
| Pont de Mirepoix | |||
| Pont de Saumur | |||
| Pont d'Orléans | |||
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| x Tied arch bridge |
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Bests Covered Bridge |
A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward-directed horizontal forces of the arch, or top chord, are borne as tension by the bottom chord (either tie-rods or the deck itself), rather than by the ground or the bridge foundations....
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| Bowers Covered Bridge | |||
| Blue Water Bridge | |||
| Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge | |||
| Fremont Bridge | |||
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| x Single-span bridge | Pevchesky Bridge | ||
| Red Bridge | |||
| Italian Bridge | |||
| x Hoogholtje bridge |
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A Hoogholtje bridge is a typical footbridge used mainly in the province of Groningen, The Netherlands.
It's high enough to pass small boats and low barges. On both sides there are stairs to use the bridge.
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| x Skyway |
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In an urban setting, a skyway, catwalk, sky bridge, or skywalk is a type of pedway consisting of an enclosed or covered bridge between two buildings. This protects pedestrians from the weather. These skyways are usually owned by businesses, and are...
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| x Overpass |
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Hosur Road Elevated Expressway |
An overpass (called a flyover in the UK and most Commonwealth countries) is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway. An overpass structure is one that carries a higher capacity road above a lower...
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| x Stressed ribbon bridge |
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A stressed ribbon bridge (also stress-ribbon bridge) is a tension structure (similar in many ways to a simple suspension bridge). The suspension cables are embedded in the deck which follows a catenary arc between supports. Unlike the simple span...
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| x Continuous truss bridge |
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Julien Dubuque Bridge |
A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge which extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. A continuous truss bridge may use less material than a series of simple trusses because a continuous truss distributes live loads...
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| Betsy Ross Bridge | |||
| Jeremiah Morrow Bridge | |||
| Newark Bay Bridge | |||
| Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge | |||
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| x Devil's Bridge |
Devil’s Bridge is a term applied to two or three dozen ancient bridges said in local folklore to have been constructed either by the Devil, with the help of the Devil, or in some cases against the wishes of the Devil. Found primarily in Europe, most...
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| x Vierendeel bridge |
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A Vierendeel bridge is a bridge employing a Vierendeel truss. Such trusses do not have the usual trianglular voids seen in a pin–joint truss bridge, rather employing rectangular openings and rigid connections in the elements, which (unlike a...
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| x Burr Truss |
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Perrine's 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.
The design...
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| Bedell Covered Bridge | |||
| Jackson Covered Bridge | |||
| Medora Covered Bridge | |||
| Mansfield Covered Bridge | |||
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| x Table bridge |
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A table bridge is a moveable bridge in which the deck moves along the vertical axis. Hydraulic pillars under the bridge raise the bridge deck to allow barge traffic to pass beneath it. In contrast to a lift bridge, where the deck is pulled upwards...
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| x Humpback bridge |
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Humpback Covered Bridge |
A humpback bridge (or hump bridge) is a name for a type of bridge, specifically an arch bridge, where the span is higher than the ramps on either side, forming a hump-like arrangement. Examples include Chinese and Japanese moon bridges and the...
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| x Pile bridge |
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A pile bridge is a structure that uses foundations consisting of long poles (referred to as piles), which are made of wood, concrete or steel and which are hammered into the soft soils beneath the bridge until the end of the pile reaches a hard...
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| x Rope bridge |
A rope bridge is a bridge constructed chiefly of rope. In its simplest form, it can be one or two ropes that bridge a river, enabling the traveller to be supported in their crossing and not be swept away. One rope above another, for feet and hands,...
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| x Mabey Logistic Support Bridge |
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The Mabey Logistic Support Bridge (in the United States, the Mabey-Johnson Bridge) is a portable pre-fabricated truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering units to upgrade routes for heavier traffic, replace damaged civilian bridges,...
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| x Avalanche snow bridge |
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An avalanche snow bridge or simply snow bridge is a type of rigid snow-supporting structure for avalanche control (avalanche defense). Avalanche bridges can be made of steel, prestressed concrete frames, or timber.
Snow bridges may superficially...
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| x Snow bridge |
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Snow bridge is an arc across a crevasse, a crack in rock, a creek, or some other opening in terrain. It is typically formed by snow drift, which first creates a cornice, which may gradually grow to reach the other side of the opening.
A snow bridge...
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| x Viaduct |
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Vasco da Gama Bridge |
A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans. The term viaduct is derived from the Latin via for road and ducere to lead something. However, the Ancient Romans did not use that term per se; it is a modern derivation from an analogy with...
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| Bebresh Viaduct | |||
| Canton Viaduct | |||
| Houghton Highway | |||
| Wharncliffe Viaduct | |||
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| x S bridge |
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An S bridge is a double-curved bridge, shaped roughly like a shallow letter S, used in early 19th century road construction in the United States. They were generally used for crossing small, curving streams with uneven banks. These bridges are found...
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| x Jetway |
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A jet bridge (also termed loading bridge, aerobridge/airbridge, Jetway, or passenger boarding bridge) is an enclosed, movable connector which extends from an airport terminal gate to an airplane, thereby enabling passengers to board and disembark...
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| x Fill trestle |
A fill trestle is a bridge that is built to provide a scaffolding for the construction of a fill or an earthen dam. Typically, the trestle is built across the valley and a railroad track is laid across the trestle. Specially designed side-dumping...
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| x Moveable bridge |
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A moveable bridge is a bridge that moves to allow passage for (usually) boats or barges. By making the bridge moveable it may be made low, which avoids the expense of high piers and long approaches, greatly reducing the cost of the bridge. The...
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| x Fixed link |
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Judith Stewart Dresser Bridge |
A fixed link, fixed crossing, or bridge-tunnel is a persistent, unbroken road or rail connection across water that uses some combination of bridges, tunnels, and causeways and does not involve intermittent connections such as drawbridges or ferries....
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| Busan-Geoje Fixed Link | |||
| x Tilt bridge |
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Gateshead Millennium Bridge |
A tilt bridge is a type of moveable bridge which rotates about fixed endpoints rather than lifting or bending, as with a drawbridge. For this rotation to serve a useful purpose, namely facilitating boat traffic underneath, its deck must follow a...
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| x Concrete bridge |
Concrete bridges only started to appear widely in the early 20th century. Early examples include:
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| x Canopy walkway |
Canopy walkways are bridges between and in the canopy of a forest; mostly linked up with platforms inside or around the trees. They were originally intended as access to the upper regions of ancient forests for scientist who conduct canopy research....
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| x Retractable bridge |
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A retractable bridge is a type of movable bridge in which the deck can be rolled or slid backwards to open a gap for crossing traffic, usually a ship on a waterway. This type is sometimes referred to as a thrust bridge.
Retractable bridges date back...
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