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    A deck is the surface of a bridge. A structural element of its superstructure, it may be constructed of concrete, steel, open grating, or wood. Sometimes...
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    bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge...
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    to nowhere Bridges Act BS 5400 Causeway Coal trestle Covered bridges Cross-sea traffic ways Culvert Deck Devil's Bridge Footbridge Jet bridge Landscape...
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    bridge and catenary bridge) is a primitive type of bridge in which the deck of the bridge lies on two parallel load-bearing cables that are anchored at either...
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    Deck arch bridges Diagram of an open-spandrel deck arch bridge Grosvenor Bridge (Chester), a closed-spandrel arch bridge Alexander Hamilton Bridge, an...
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  • Look up deck in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deck may refer to: Deck (bridge), the roadway surface of a bridge Deck (building), an outdoor floor attached...
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    arch bridge: a bridge where the deck does not have to be carried over the top of the arch. This requires a structure that can both support the deck from...
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    Niangua Arm US 54 Bridge, built in 1931, was replaced by a girder bridge in 1999. The Hurricane Deck Bridge is a delta-frame bridge located in the west...
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    000 vehicles a day on its two decks. It includes one of the longest bridge spans in the United States. The toll bridge was conceived as early as the California...
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    The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, opened in 1912....
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    A girder bridge is a bridge that uses girders as the means of supporting its deck. The two most common types of modern steel girder bridges are plate and...
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    An orthotropic bridge or orthotropic deck is typically one whose fabricated deck consists of a structural steel deck plate stiffened either longitudinally...
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  • surface beneath the bridge span. A separate list of highest bridges ranks bridges by deck height. The difference between tall and high bridges can be explained...
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    The Dom Luís I Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte de Dom Luís I), or Luís I Bridge, is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the river Douro between the cities...
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  • Bridge deck may refer to Deck (bridge), the top surface of a bridge span Orthotropic deck, a type of bridge deck Bridge deck, a raised forward section...
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    A cable-stayed bridge has one or more towers (or pylons), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which...
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    Atlantic Ocean. It is the only fixed crossing of the Narrows. The double-deck bridge carries 13 lanes of Interstate 278: seven on the upper level and six...
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  • This list of highest bridges includes bridges with a deck height of at least 200 metres (660 ft). The deck height of a bridge is the maximum vertical drop...
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  • The Msikaba Bridge is a cable-stayed steel deck bridge, currently under construction, spanning the Msikaba River, near Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape of...
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    Cut River Bridge is a cantilevered steel deck bridge over the Cut River in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located along U.S....
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    The Oberbaum Bridge (German: Oberbaumbrücke) is a double-deck bridge crossing Berlin, Germany's River Spree, considered one of the city's landmarks. It...
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    the lower deck carries a double track railway, electrified at 25 kV AC. From the late 19th century, there had been proposals to build a bridge across the...
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    The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee in Bergen County, New Jersey, with the...
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    poop deck have been moved to the bridge, usually located in a superstructure. Common names for decks Taffrail, the handrail around the poop deck Quarter...
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    of the highest bridges in the United States by height over land or water. Height in this list refers to the distance from the bridge deck to the lowest...
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    time of its completion. The bridge was named after the two islands it connects, namely Tsing Yi and Ma Wan. It has two decks and carries both road and rail...
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    The Great Seto Bridge or Seto Ohashi Bridge (瀬戸大橋, Seto Ōhashi) is a series of double deck bridges connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures in Japan...
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    a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower. The bridge is...
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    the deck of a ship. A level architectural deck may be intended for use by people, e.g., what in the UK is usually called a decked patio. "Roof deck" refers...
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    Cincinnati, Ohio. The top deck carries Kentucky-bound traffic while the bottom deck carries Ohio-bound traffic. The bridge was named for Kentucky's longest...
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