Arch Bridges : Arch Bridge is one of the most popular types of bridges, which can today be found all
across the world. Here you can follow their path through history, from their first inception some 3000
years ago in Greece, to their renaissance in Ancient Rome, all up to modern times.
Truss bridges : One of the first modern bridges to be made were truss bridges. They could be made of
wood which some places had plethora and could withstand larger weights. They were later made of iron
and steel. Many of those old modern bridges still stand.
Beam bridges : Beam bridge is the oldest and the simplest type of the bridge. It appeared when the first
tree fell over the stream and a human crossed it. Today we still make bridges that use similar principle
Shayingou Bridge
Guanling, Guizhou, China
328 feet high / 100 meters high
394 foot span / 120 meter span
Beam bridge:
http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Kunming_Highway_Beam_Bridge
: Truss bridge
Savage Mill Trail
Crosses
Little Patuxent River
Locale
Savage, Maryland [1]
Designer
Wendel Bollman [1]
Design Bollman
Truss [1]
Material
Cast and wrought Iron [1]
Total length
160 feet (48.8 m) [1]
Longest span
2 × 80 feet (24.4 m) [1]
Number of spans 2[1]
Piers in water
1
Construction end 1869
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollman_Truss_Railroad_Bridge
Arch bridge
Hell Gate Bridge
Address: New York, NY ,
Construction started: March 1, 191
, Total length: 17,000' (5,182),
Height: 305' (93 m)
Location: Wards Island, Queens
Bridge type: Arch bridge, Through arch bridge
Architects: Gustav Lindenthal, Henry Hornbostel
Facts
Truss bridge are one of the oldest types of large bridges in the United States. The first truss bridges were
built around the 1820s. These were made of wood in many cases, and were used to transport heavy
carts.
Read more : http://www.ehow.com/about_4741423_truss-bridges.html
arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by
transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the
abutments at either side.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=facts+about+arch+bridges
Beam bridge: A beam or "girder" bridge is the simplest kind of bridge. In the past they may have taken
the form of a log across a stream but today they are more familiar to us large box steel girder bridges.
There are lots of differ types of beam
http://www.design-technology.org/beambridges.htmnt
here are some bridges that collase
Tay Bridge Collapses, Alas
1879: An iron railway bridge over Scotland’s River Tay collapses in a severe storm as a passenger train
rolls across. The train plunges into river, killing everyone on board
http://www.wired.com/2009/12/1228tay-bridge-collapse/
The story of an overpass collapsing in Istanbul
A footbridge has collapsed in Istanbul, killing one and injuring four. It was actually so poorly built that it
didn’t need to be hit by a truck to collapse: A strong wind or a group of children running on it would
have been enough
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-story-of-an-overpass-collapsing-in-istanbul.aspx?pageID=238&nid=71333
Tacoma bridge Collapsed
The following text detail the story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge from the inception to the reopening of
a reconstructed bridge in 1950. Links to further pages on the Construction, Opening, Collapse,
Aftermath, and Reconstruction are available at the bottom of the page. Text sources are listed in the
bibliography at the end of the Reconstruction section. Image sources are described in the captions
accompanying the images. The images are the exclusive right of the cited institutions (the University of
Washington Libraries, Special Collections and the Museum of History and Industry), please contact them
for reproduction permission. Part that made collapsed : The violent collapse broke many suspender
cables. Some were lost, some severely damaged, and some undamaged. Their only value now was as
scrap metal. Also the Deck-Floor
Systemhttp://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/tnb