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?
The strongest shape in the world.
What is a triangle?
The tall parts of the suspension bridge. Usually there are two of them.
What are the towers?
What is a tower?
Beam bridges are some of the most complicated bridges: True or False
False
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 anchors, or holds, the cable to the earth.
What is the anchorage?
Cable-stayed bridges usually only have 2 towers? True or false
False
Beam Bridges get their strength from these
posts or piers
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?
The first Cable-Stayed bridge in the United states was built in _________________.
Tri cities
The vertical supports that help support the beam.
What is a pier?
The massive structure that helps support the arch by pushing against it from each end
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?
The tallest cable stayed bridge in the world is in what country?
The first beam bridge was likely a ______________
fallen tree
Arch bridges are stronger when they are under this force.
What is compression
Truss bridges are often used for __________ bridges, because they are so strong
What is train?
what is the name of the paint color used for the Golden Gate Bridge
What is international orange
the Millau Viaduct is _________ feet tall. get within 100 feet of the height to get this correct.
1,125 feet