Beam Bridges
The horizontal structure that goes across the water.
What is the beam?
An arch bridge has this type of shape.
What is a curve?
squares and triangles
What is a truss made of ??
The tall parts of the suspension bridge. Usually there are two of them.
What are the towers?
a synonym for deck but for pedestrians.
a footway/footpath
it is like a beam
What is a girder?
Arch bridges were invented by these ancient people.
Who are the Romans?
Type of building material usually used to build truss bridges.
What is wood or metal?
The structure that holds the cable to the earth.
What is the anchorage?
a synonym for beam
a girder
flat
What is a beam bridge like?
what does a beam bridge look loke ?
The most important stone that is found at the top of the arch.
What is the keystone?
The pushing type of force.
What is compression?
In a suspension bridge, the cable exerts this type of force.
What is tension?
permettre a qn de
to allow /to enable someone to V
The vertical supports that help support the beam.
What is a pier? what is a pillar ?
The massive structure that helps support the arch by pushing against it.
What are the abutments?
The pulling type of force.
What is tension?
This part of a suspension bridge goes up, goes down and up in the middle like a jump rope, and then goes down again.
What is the cable or main cable?
it is capable (to support the load)
it is capable of supporting the load
The place where pedestrians can walk or vehicles drive on
What is the deck?
Stones
What were arch bridges made of?
The length between two supports in a bridge.
What is the span?
A very famous bridge in Boston
What is the Zakim Bridge?
il a réussi à réparer le pont (to s...)
he succeeded in fixing/repairing/ mending the bridge