truss bridge: Quick Facts

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Diagram of a single-span truss bridge over water, with red lines showing areas under tension and green lines showing areas under compression in the bridge structure.

Diagram showing three types of truss bridges-Pratt truss, Warren truss, and Petit or Pennsylvania truss-above a labeled illustration of a cantilever bridge with approach span, anchor arm, cantilever arm, and suspended span.

Illustrations of six bridge types show their structural differences: a simple beam bridge, a truss bridge with triangular supports, a cantilever bridge with projecting sections, an arch bridge, a suspension bridge with cables hanging between towers, and a cable-stayed bridge with cables radiating from towers.

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Warren truss bridge Pratt truss bridge covered bridge truss bridge arch bridge suspension bridge cantilever bridge cable-stayed bridge beam bridge movable bridge military bridge viaduct

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Albert Fink

American engineer

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Squire Whipple

American engineer

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William Howe

American inventor

The northern terminus of the Akashi Strait Bridge in Terumi ward, southern Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, west-central Japan. The bridge spans the Akashi Strait and links Awaji Island to Honshu.

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