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Bridges

Bridges. By Danny Cervino And NICK DOERR. Historical Facts. 105AD- First roman bridge was built. The Bridge was 110 feet wide and 210 feet above the normal level of the river. Historical facts (cont.).

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Bridges

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  1. Bridges By Danny Cervino And NICK DOERR

  2. Historical Facts • 105AD- First roman bridge was built. The Bridge was 110 feet wide and 210 feet above the normal level of the river.

  3. Historical facts (cont.) • 134AD- An equal feat of Roman construction is the building of bridges across rivers where no rock or island emerges from the water to carry the piers. An example survives in Rome the Sant'Angelo bridge, built for Hadrian, now the Castel Sant'Angelo.

  4. Historical Facts (cont.) • 605 AD -arched An Ji Bridge built in China

  5. Historical Facts • 1100AD- Heyday of Romanesque architecture, based on the semi-circular arch.

  6. Historical Facts (cont.) • 1218AD- Chainsuspended fromTwärenbrücke, Switzerland

  7. Historical Facts (cont.) • 1357AD- The Charles Bridge begins progress across Danube in Prague.

  8. Historical Facts (cont.) • 1824-1831AD- Old London Bridge demolished and New London Bridge built, in masonry, to Rennie's design.

  9. Historical Facts (cont.0 • 1883AD- Construction of the record-breaking (486m/1,595ft)  suspension Brooklyn Bridge by the Roeblings.

  10. Historical Facts (cont.) • 1916AD- Hell Gate Bridge completed in New York -the first  thousand-foot steel arch.

  11. Historical Facts (finished) • 1917AD- After a destruction in 1906 final completion of Quebec bridge - current world's  longest cantilever span.

  12. Types of Bridges • Beam Bridge • A Beam Bridge or grider bridge is the simplest type of bridge.

  13. Types of Bridges • Arch Bridge • Arch bridges use a curved design at the bottom of the bridge

  14. Types of Bridges • Suspension Bridge • Of all the bridge types in use today, the suspension bridge allows for the longest spans.

  15. Types of bridges • Cable Stayed • A typical cable stayed is basicly a girder with one or more towers.

  16. Types of bridges • Truss • The truss is the simple skeletal structure.

  17. Bridges That exist Today Brooklyn Bridge Built in 1883 Suspension bridge

  18. Bridges that exist today Quebec Bridge Built in 1917 Cnatiliver

  19. Bridges That exist today Hells Gate Bridge Built in 1916 Arch

  20. Bridges that exist today An Ji Bride Built 605 Arch

  21. Bridges that exist today

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