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Long view of the East Sea Bridge, also known as Donghai Bridge, curving across the water toward the horizon in the East China Sea near Shanghai, with distant support towers visible.

Diagram of a beam bridge spanning over water, with red lines along the top showing areas under tension and green lines along the supports and lower sections indicating compression forces.

A simple diagram of a beam bridge showing an orange horizontal beam supported at both ends by two vertical supports.

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Aerial view of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway near New Orleans, Louisiana, showing the long twin bridges stretching straight across blue water toward the horizon.

Aerial view of the Tianjin Grand Bridge, a long railway viaduct crossing over water and green landscape, with the city skyline visible in the distance.

Expansion joint

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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highway overpasses

highway overpasses

A highway network in Dallas. Roadway overpasses are usually concrete beam bridges....

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Long view of the East Sea Bridge, also known as Donghai Bridge, curving across the water toward the horizon in the East China Sea near Shanghai, with distant support towers visible.

Donghai Bridge

Donghai Bridge, also known as the East Sea Bridge, links Shanghai and a port in Zhejiang,...

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Diagram of a beam bridge spanning over water, with red lines along the top showing areas under tension and green lines along the supports and lower sections indicating compression forces.

Beam bridge

A diagram of a beam bridge, with forces of tension represented by red lines and forces...

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A simple diagram of a beam bridge showing an orange horizontal beam supported at both ends by two vertical supports.

beam bridge

A beam bridge is the most simple type of bridge. In its most basic form, the horizontal...

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Soldiers installing a beam bridge, Mosul, Iraq.

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Aerial view of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway near New Orleans, Louisiana, showing the long twin bridges stretching straight across blue water toward the horizon.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

Aerial view of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway near New Orleans, Louisiana. The beam...

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Aerial view of the Tianjin Grand Bridge, a long railway viaduct crossing over water and green landscape, with the city skyline visible in the distance.

Tianjin Grand Bridge

An aerial view Tianjin Grand Bridge, a beam bridge in Tianjin, China. It is one of...

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Expansion joint

Expansion joint

An expansion joint in a steel plate girder bridge.

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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.

Bridge forms

Six basic bridge forms.

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