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The simplest type of bridge. It is made from a rigid, straight structure resting on supports at either end.

 

What is a Beam Bridge


100

A force that tends to shorten, push or squeeze a structure.

What is compression

100

What is the Golden Gate Bridge

100

The area of the bridge along which traffic travels; it rests on the decking

What is the roadway

100

This type of bridge is easy to build, inexpensive, and used in a wide variety of settings.

What is a Beam Bridge

200

A bridge having a curved structure. This design provides strength by exerting force downwards and sideways against the abutments.

What is an Arch Bridge

200

A force that tends to lengthen or stretch part of a structure.

What is tension

200


What is the Tobin Bridge

200

The section of the bridge between two piers

What is the span

200

This type of bridge is relatively expensive and designs are limited to certain sites where the ground can support the load.

What is an arch bridge

300

What type of bridge is this?

What is a cable stayed bridge

300


What is torsion

300


What is the Tower Bridge London

300

The surface of the bridge that serves as a walkway, roadway or railway (black)


What is decking

300

This bridge is best suited for long distances.

What is a suspension bridge 

400

A type of bridge where the deck hangs from wires attached to thick cables. The cables themselves pass over towers and are securely anchored in concrete anchorages.

What is a Suspension Bridge

400

The weight of traffic on a bridge

What is live load

400

What type of bridge is the Rialto Bridge in Italy?


What is an arch bridge

400

The mass of rock or concrete at either end of an arch bridge that keeps the ends of the arch securely in place so they do not separate and cause the bridge to fall.

What is an abutment 

400

This shape is the strongest for building

What is a triangle

500

What type of bridge is this?

What is a Truss Bridge

500

What is happening in this picture

What is buckling 

500


What is the Sydney Harbor Bridge

500

A strong supporting beam (red)


What is a girder

500

This bridge is very strong for short distances but difficult to widen

What is a Truss Bridge

600

This design gets its support from counterbalanced beams meeting in the middle of the bridge rather than from supports at either end. 

What is a Cantilever Bridge

600

The weight of the bridge’s structure.

What is dead load

600

What is the type and name of this bridge

What is the Zakim Bridge. A cable-stayed bridge
600

A framework of girders, some in tension and some in compression, comprising triangles and other stable shapes.

What is a truss

600

This bridge combines a the framework of a truss bridge with the shape of a suspension bridge and the strength of a beam bridge

What is a cantilever bridge