cantilever arm

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Diagram of a cantilever bridge spanning water, with red lines marking areas under tension and green lines marking areas under compression in the bridge structure.

cantilever arm

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Cantilever
…central span rests on the cantilevered arms extending from the outer spans; it carries vertical loads like a simply supported beam or a truss—that is, by tension forces in the lower chords and compression in the upper chords. The cantilevers carry their loads by tension in the upper chords and…
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…central span rests on the cantilevered arms extending from the outer spans; it carries vertical loads like a simply supported beam or a truss—that is, by tension forces in the lower chords and compression in the upper chords. The cantilevers carry their loads by tension in the upper chords and…
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