TRUSS BRIDGES
Laura Chavarria, Laura Ferrando,
JĂşlia Belilla and Arnau Tucho
INDEX • WHAT ARE TRUSS BRIDGES?
• PROS AND CONS OF TRUSS BRIDGES • COMPRESSION AND TENSION • A TRUSS BRIDGE IN TORTOSA • FAMOUS TRUSS BRIDGES • THE LONGEST TRUSS BRIDGE
WHAT ARE TRUSS BRIDGES? They consist of a rigid support structure that is made up of interlocking
triangles, They hold up the roadbed and are set between two piers. The triangle is used because it is the only shape that is inherently rigid.
PROS AND CONS OF TRUSS BRIDGES
COMPRESSION AND TENSION
A TRUSS BRIDGE IN TORTOSA
NAME: Pont del ferrocarril sobre l’Ebre LENGHT: 224m
LOCALITATION: Tortosa
FAMOUS TRUSS BRIDGES
Tsukuba Express Tonegawa Bridge
Oshima Bridge
THE LONGEST TRUSS BRIDGE NAME: Ikitsuki Bridge YEAR OPENED: 1991 LOCALITATION: Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
LENGHT: 400m
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