Types of Bridges
Forces
Design Concepts
NYC Bridges
Vocabulary
100

This type of bridge has voussoirs, springers, and a keystone. 

Arch Bridge

100

This force is the pulling and lengthening force on a bridge.

Tension

100

What is the first step of the Engineering Design Process?

Identify a Problem

100

What bridge connects Manhattan to New Jersey?

George Washington Bridge

100

Who is a licensed professional who designs buildings and structures?

An architect

200

The Verrazzano Narrows Bridge is an example of this type of bridge.

Suspension Bridge

200

This type of force is the pushing or shortening force in a bridge.

Compression

200

What is a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object, which seeks to maintain the relative proportions (the scale factor) of the physical size of the original object?

A model

200

Name the lift bridge found in NYC.

Roosevelt Island Bridge

200

Define Built Environment

everything that is designed and built around us (i.e., houses, bridges, roads, parks hospitals, schools, churches, etc.)

300

This type of Bridge is defined by triangular structures.

Truss Bridge

300

The towers in a suspension bridge are affected by what force?

Compression

300

Name 3 professionals which would contribute to the construction of a bridge.

Architects, Engineers, Construction Worker, Construction Manager, Urban Planner, etc.

300

What two boroughs does the Whitestone Bridge connect?

Queens and The Bronx

300

Define bridge

a structure built over something (such as a river, road or a railroad) so people, vehicles, animals, water, trains, or other things can cross

400

Name 3 types of movable bridge

Swing, Lift, Draw

400

A car applies 9000N of force onto the keystone of an arch bridge. How many newtons of force are applied to each springer in the bridge?

4500N

400

How many inches would 25ft be at a scale of 1/4"=1'?

6.25 inches

400

Name three bridges which go across the East River.

Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, Queensborough Bridge, Robert F Kennedy Bridge, Hells Gate Bridge, Whitestone Bridge, Throgs Neck Bridge

400
Define Newton's Third Law of Motion

Every action has an equal, yet opposite, reaction

500

This type of bridge has cables which attach along the length of the bridges towers in multiple locations, not in one place.

Cable Stay Harp Bridge

500

What force is applied to the bottom chord of a truss bridge?

Tension

500

A model of a bridge measures 13.5 inches at a scale of 1/8"=1' scale. How many feet long is the bridge in real life?

108ft

500

What three types of bridge make up the Brooklyn Bridge?

Cable Stay Fan, Suspension, and Truss

500

an architectural or landscape architecture document, and/or a detailed engineering drawing of proposed improvements to a given lot; usually shows a building footprint, travel ways, parking, and other details that need to be communicated, such as: drainage facilities, sanitary sewer lines, water lines, trails, lighting, and landscaping and garden elements

A site plan