A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge that extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. A continuous truss bridge may use less...
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A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units...
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This list of continuous bridge spans ranks the world's continuous truss bridges in two listings: The first is ranked by the length of main span (the longest...
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longest continuous truss bridge in North America. The bridge is 14 miles (23 km) from the mouth of the river at the Pacific Ocean. The bridge is four...
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The Ikitsuki Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that connects Ikitsuki to Hirado Island. Completed in 1991, it has a main span of 400 meters (1,300 feet)...
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have announced plans to replace the bridge by fall 2028. It was built as a steel arch continuous through truss bridge that spanned the lower Patapsco River...
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bridge that was continuous across multiple supports would distribute the loads among them. This would result in lower stresses in the girder or truss...
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The I-35W Mississippi River bridge (officially known as Bridge 9340) was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the...
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tied arch twin bridges. Each in return may use a single- or multi-span, discrete or continuous tied-arch design. A bowstring truss bridge is similar in...
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The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge carrying CSX Transportation railroad tracks across the Ohio River between Siloam - a junction...
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The Isaiah David Hart Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. It carries U.S. Route 1 Alternate (US 1 Alt.) and...
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The Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge is a continuous steel arch-shaped truss bridge over the Ohio River between Indiana and Kentucky. Built between 1968 and...
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The Betsy Ross Bridge is a continuous steel truss bridge spanning the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pennsauken, New Jersey. It was...
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The Chester Bridge is a continuous truss bridge connecting Missouri's Route 51 with Illinois Route 150 across the Mississippi River between Perryville...
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Thomas "Mac" Middleton Bridge, also known as the Potomac River Bridge, is a 1.7-mile (2.7 km), four-lane continuous truss bridge that spans the Potomac...
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the bridge by fall 2028 at an estimated cost of $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion. The Francis Scott Key Bridge was a steel arch-shaped continuous truss bridge...
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cantilever bridge spans List of longest arch bridge spans List of longest continuous truss bridge spans List of longest masonry arch bridge spans Timeline...
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Lake of the Ozarks (section Hurricane Deck Bridge)
flooding. The Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge is a continuous truss bridge in Lake Ozark. The bridge is over 2,695 ft (821 m) long and 72 ft (22 m)...
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continuous truss bridge spans List of longest suspension bridge spans List of longest tunnels List of bridges "Longest bridge over water (continuous)"...
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The Owensboro Bridge, also called the Blue Bridge, is a continuous truss bridge that spans the Ohio River between Owensboro, Kentucky and Spencer County...
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Its unique design consists of two 455-foot (138.7 m) lenticular iron trusses 100 feet (30.5 m) above the water, with conventional plate-girder approach...
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The George Clinton Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge is a continuous under-deck truss toll bridge that carries NY 199 across the Hudson River in New York State...
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three-dimensional truss structure For more truss types, see truss types used in bridges. There are two basic types of truss: The pitched truss, or common truss, is...
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1879, it is the first cantilever bridge constructed in the United States. It has a three-span continuous under-deck truss used by Norfolk Southern Railway...
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The fictional Madison Bridge is represented by the Astoria-Megler Bridge on the Columbia River, the longest continuous truss bridge in North America. Engineer...
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The Vanport Bridge is a four-lane continuous truss bridge that carries Interstate 376 across the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States...
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The Sewickley Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge spanning the Ohio River between Sewickley and Moon Township, Pennsylvania, carrying State Route...
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A Howe truss is a truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and diagonals whose vertical members are in tension and whose diagonal members are in...
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The Taylor–Southgate Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that was built in 1995. It has a main span of 850 feet (260 m), and a total span of 1,850 feet...
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viaducts using continuous spans over the piers. Beam bridges are often only used for relatively short distances because, unlike truss bridges, they have no...
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