A beam or "girder" bridge is the simplest and most inexpensive kind of bridge. According to Craig Finley of Finley/McNary Engineering, "they're basically the vanillas of the bridge world." ...

restrictions on depth of structural system imposed by vertical clearances under a bridge generally favor use of through construction. Through girders support the deck near their bottom flange. Such ...

Large drifts place large deformation demands on other bridge components, such as shear studs and steel girders. Damage to these components may lead to permanent deformations in the superstructure, ...

Covers analysis and design of prestressed concrete beams, slabs, box girders, and bridge girders by elastic and ultimate strength methods. Precast and cast-in-place system construction techniques will ...

For simple or continuous spans exceeding about 85 ft, plate girders may be the most economical type of construction. Used as stringers instead of rolled beams, they may be economical even for long ...

In Formula 1, teams use the term “box box” to instruct their driver to come into the pit lane for a pit stop. There are a few ...

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The last steel girder was placed on the Rocheport bridge on Wednesday, according to a Thursday press release from the ...

A concrete girder or `section’ of an under-construction metro bridge developed a crack soon ... part of a span having nearly ...