Beam Bridges
Arch Bridges
Truss Bridges
Suspension Bridges
Movable Bridges
100
The horizontal structure that goes across the water.
What is the beam?
100
An arch bridge has this type of shape.
What is a curve?
100
The strongest shape in the world.
What is a triangle?
100
The tall parts of the suspension bridge. Usually there are two of them.
What are the towers?
100
The type of bridge most associated with a castle.
What is a drawbridge?
200
A type of beam that is very thick.
What is a deep beam?
200
Arch bridges were invented by these ancient people.
Who are the Romans?
200
Type of building material usually used to build truss bridges.
What is wood or metal?
200
The structure that anchors, or holds, the cable to the earth.
What is the anchorage?
200
Type of movable bridge that sounds like a piece of playground equipment.
What is a swing bridge?
300
A type of beam that is very thin.
What is a shallow beam?
300
The most important stone that is found at the top of the arch.
What is the keystone?
300
The pushing type of force.
What is compression?
300
In a suspension bridge, the cable exerts this type of force.
What is tension?
300
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This rolling bridge in London is for what type of traffic?
What is foot traffic or pedestrians?
400
The vertical supports that help support the beam.
What is a pier?
400
The massive structure that helps support the arch by pushing against it.
What are the abutments?
400
The pulling type of force.
What is tension?
400
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?
400
This famous bridge in London is a bascule bridge.
What is the Tower of London Bridge?
500
The structures underneath the water that support the piers.
What are the footings?
500
The name of the stones that make up the arch.
What is a voussoir?
500
The measurement of distance between two supports in a bridge.
What is the span?
500
This famous suspension bridge connects Brooklyn and Staten Island.
What is the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge?
500
A drawbridge in a castle usually goes over this type of waterway.
What is a moat?