LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING

DOWN
BY
ANDRES LOPEZ
P.7

THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF

BRIDGES
Beam bridge which consists of horizontal beams. They rarely span over 250
feet.
Truss bridges consists of an assembly of triangles made from straight steel
bars.
Arch bridge has great natural strength and they consist of arches of steel and
concrete. They can span up to 800 feet
Suspension bridge can span up to 2,000 to 7,000 feet. Most bridges like that
have a truss type of support them.

YOUR JUST BEAMING WITH LIGHT

The beam bridge is the most common bridge and the shortest ridge there is
The beams weight is evenly distributed along the piers
The piers are paired and they help support the weight on each side of the bridge

JUST TRUSS ME MAN

The truss bridge consists of triangles as an assembly
They are commonly made of straight steel bars
Rigid arms extended form both sides of the piers to help support the weight

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TALK ABOUT SUSPENSE

The suspension bridge is usually the largest type of bridge
It can span up to 2,000 to 8,000 feet
They have a truss type of suspension underneath to resist the bending and
twisting of the metal

USE THE FORCE!!!!!!

Squeezing or compression is the force that causes the bridge to be squeezed
and often it becomes shorter
Stretching or tension is a force that stretches a bridge and when it does it
tends to become longer
Bending is a force when a straight material becomes curved, one side is
squeezed together and the other is stretched apart
Sliding or shear is a force that causes parts of materials to slide past on
another in opposite directions
Twisting or torsion is an act that twist a material

BEHOLD
Squeezing

Stretching

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Sliding
Bending
Twisting

SHARE THE LOAD

Dead load which is the weight of the bridge and anything permanently attached to it
Live load which is the weight of cars and trucks and people, the things that move
across the bridge. To keep it strong you have to make a bracing for it.
Settlement load when the ground settles unevenly it can cause the structures shape
to change. In order to prevent this you have to put deep piles in order for it to stop it
from altering the shape
Thermal load is when the heat cause the beams and columns to expand and they
begin to push or pull each other apart. Roller joints allow the bridge to shift and not
collapse.

IM STILL SHARING
Earthquake load is when the ground below starts to move horizontally and
jerk back and forth. To prevent collapse, build a sheer wall
Wind load is when wind pushes horizontally on a structure. To strengthen
people put steel braces
Dynamic load is loads that change over time and the vibrations become
more deadly over time. To stop it you have to add a thicker beam every time.

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YOU NEED TO SHAPE UP!

The most commonly used shapes in bridge building are
Triangles
Arches
Quadrangles

PROS AND CONS

The advantages for these shapes are that together they cab form many other
shapes
They are the most structurally stable shapes
They are universally used to build bridges around the world
The cons are that they have to be made out of steel
The designs can get a bit repetitive
The steel can corrode

TALK ABOUT SUSPENSE

The Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, California
8,980 ft
Joseph Strass, Irving Morrow, Charles Alton Ellis
December 22, 1932-April 19, 1937

SUCH A NARROW FINISH

Tacoma narrows bridge
Washington
5,939 ft
Unknown
It was made of steel
Opened: Jul 01, 1940-Closed: Nov 07, 1940

ITS BROOKLYN
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Brg, New York, NY 10038
Length: 5,988 feet (1,825 m)
John A. Roebling Washington Roebling David B. Steinman
Its made of cables and brick
Opened: May 24, 1883