Types of Bridges Photos by J.S. O’Connor. Steel Multi-Girder.

Types of Bridges

Photos by J.S. O’Connor

Steel Multi-Girder

Steel Multi-girder – A588 weathering steel

Steel Pony Truss

Steel Through Truss

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Deck Truss (in foreground)

Steel Box Beam

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Concrete Box Girder (CIP)

OConnor 19Oct (8)

Concrete Box Girder(Segmental)

MCEER testing of 1:5 scale segmental box

Pre-Stressed Concrete Box Beam (Adjacent Boxes)

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Pre-Stressed I-Beam Multi-Girder

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Reinforced Concrete Arch

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Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert (Double Cell )

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Corrugated Metal Pipe(considered a bridge if span exceeds 20’)

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Glue-Laminated (Glu-Lam)Timber

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Moveable Bridge

Moveable(Vertical Lift)

6Sept2005- (20)

Moveable(Double Leaf Bascule)

OConnor 17Oct (147)

Moveable (Swing Span)

OConnor 19Oct (51)

Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)

Timber Arch

Filled Arch

MCEER Technical Report MCEER-07-0021

Open Spandrel Arch

MCEER Technical Report MCEER-07-0021

Suspension (historic)

Suspension (pedestrian)

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Prefabricated (through truss)

Open Spandrel Concrete Arch

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Filled Concrete Arch

filled concrete arch

Log Bridge

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Reinforced Concrete Slab

Through Girder

Floating Bridge

Photo and graphic courtesy of WSDOT

Cable Stayed

http://www.structuremag.org/article.aspx?articleID=768

Army Launched Bridge

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