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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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