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    A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward-directed horizontal forces of the arch(es) are borne as tension by a chord tying the arch ends...
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    An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads...
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    between the arches near the top, the span is a basket handle arch bridge. Many tied-arch bridges are also through-arch bridges. As well as tying the side-loads...
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  • Thumbnail for Fremont Bridge (Portland, Oregon)
    The Fremont Bridge is a steel tied-arch bridge over the Willamette River located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It carries Interstate 405 and US 30...
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    Sheffield, England. It was constructed in 1993 using a bowstring, or tied arch design. The bridge carries the Sheffield Supertram system from Commercial Street...
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    truss bridge with a total length of 6,178 ft (1,883 m) and a main span of 871 ft (265 m). The second, newer span is a continuous bowstring arch bridge with...
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  • Thumbnail for Binondo–Intramuros Bridge
    The Binondo–Intramuros Bridge is a tied-arch bridge in Manila, Philippines, spanning the Pasig River. It connects Muelle de Binondo in Binondo and San...
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    A network arch bridge is a tied arch bridge with inclined hangers that cross each other at least twice. The inclined hangers with multiple intersections...
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    method used in a tied-arch bridge where arch member compression is balanced by tension in the deck. The self-anchored suspension bridge form originated...
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  • Thumbnail for Gateway Bridge (Michigan)
    The Gateway Bridge is a tied-arch bridge in Taylor, Michigan. It carries Interstate 94 (I-94) over eight lanes of US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road)...
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  • Thumbnail for Big Creek Bridge (Oregon)
    bridge has a total length of 180 ft (55 m) and contains one 120 ft (37 m) reinforced concrete tied arch, identical in design to Ten Mile Creek Bridge...
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  • Thumbnail for Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge
    The Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge is a steel Tied-arch automobile bridge connecting Dubuque, Iowa, with still largely rural Grant County, Wisconsin, over the...
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    congestion on, the Bridge of the Americas. The bridge is a cantilever design where the suspended span is a tied arch. The bridge has a total length of...
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  • Thumbnail for Tacony–Palmyra Bridge
    The Tacony–Palmyra Bridge is a combination steel tied-arch and double-leaf bascule bridge across the Delaware River that connects New Jersey Route 73 in...
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    The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a tied-arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee...
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  • Thumbnail for Boston University Bridge
    Boston University Bridge, originally the Cottage Farm Bridge and commonly referred to as the BU Bridge, is a steel truss through arch bridge with a suspended...
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    with space reserved for a light rail line. The cable-stayed bridge replaced a steel arch bridge that spanned the Fraser River, connecting Coquitlam to Surrey...
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    5-mile (2.4 km) length of approach bridges. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation designed the channel span (tied arch). Its central suspension section...
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    Peloponnese is one of the oldest arch bridges in existence and use. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old English word brycg...
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  • Thumbnail for General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge
    General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge, more commonly known locally as the "Dolly Parton Bridge", consists of dual parallel tied through arches of weathering steel...
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  • Thumbnail for Main Street Bridge (Columbus, Ohio)
    The Main Street Bridge in Columbus, Ohio is a 700 ft (210 m), three-span, inclined tied arch bridge over the Scioto River. The bridge is the first in...
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    patented in 1841 by Squire Whipple. While similar in appearance to a tied-arch bridge, a bowstring truss has diagonal load-bearing members: these diagonals...
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  • Thumbnail for Godavari Arch Bridge
    Godavari Arch Bridge is a bowstring-girder bridge that spans the Godavari River in Rajahmundry, India. It is the latest of the three bridges that span...
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    smallest road bridge in the Serbian capital and is used both for car and tram traffic. The main span between the two pillars of this tied arch bridge is over...
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  • Thumbnail for Daniel Carter Beard Bridge
    The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge (also known colloquially as the Big Mac Bridge), is a yellow twin span steel bowstring arch bridge crossing the Ohio River...
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    to generate additional revenue. The main structural elements are tied cast-iron arches. Notwithstanding the considerable increase in the weight of railway...
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    foundations or a further 'bowstring' girder, in the form of a tied-arch bridge. Inverted arches are used where sideways forces must be restrained, and where...
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  • Thumbnail for Lake Champlain Bridge (2011–present)
    Bridge had deteriorated beyond repair, the states of New York and Vermont agreed to replace it. The new bridge employs a modified network tied arch design...
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    The West End Bridge is a steel tied-arch bridge over the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) below the confluence of...
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    Žeželj Bridge (Serbian: Жежељев мост, Žeželjev most) is a tied-arch bridge on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. The bridge was originally...
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