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Descriptive text exercise

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the foundation?

a)

Transfers the entire load of the bridge into the ground or bedrock

b)

help carry the load from the bridge spans above to the ground below

c)

Allows vehicle to travel

d)

Distribute the weight of the bridge deck to the pier below

2.

What is the function of The deck?

a)

Hold up the main suspension cables and transfer the massive loads from the main cables down to their foundation

b)

Become the primary load bearing of the bridge

c)

Allows vehicle to travel

d)

Distribute the weight of the bridge deck to the pier below

3.

What is the function of the pier?

a)

Transfer the load from the deck up to the main suspension cable

b)

carry the load from the bridge spans above to the ground below

c)

Distribute the weight of the bridge deck to the pier below

d)

Become the primary load bearing of the bridge

4.

What is the function of the suspension cables?

a)

Become the primary load bearing of the bridge

b)

Transfer the load from the deck up to the main suspension cable

c)

Distribute the weight of the bridge deck to the pier below

d)

Become the primary load bearing of the bridge

5.

What is the function of the suspenders?

a)

Become the primary load bearing of the bridge

b)

Transfer the load from the deck up to the main suspension cable

c)

Distribute the weight of the bridge deck to the pier below

d)

Become the primary load bearing of the bridge

6.

What is the function of the tower?

a)

Hold up the main suspension cables and transfer the massive loads from the main cables down to their foundation

b)

Distribute the weight of the bridge deck to the pier below

c)

Transfer the load from the deck up to the main suspension cable

d)

Transfers the entire load of the bridge into the ground or bedrock

7.

What is the function of the pier cap?

a)

Hold up the main suspension cables and transfer the massive loads from the main cables down to their foundation

b)

Distribute the weight of the bridge deck to the pier below

c)

Transfer the load from the deck up to the main suspension cable

d)

Transfers the entire load of the bridge into the ground or bedrock

8.

What is the function of the abutment?

a)

Transfers loads from the bridge deck to the ground and holds back earth pressure

b)

Distribute the weight of the bridge deck to the pier below

c)

Transfer the load from the deck up to the main suspension cable

d)

Transfers the entire load of the bridge into the ground or bedrock

9.

What is the name of 1st part of the bridge?

(a)  

10.

What is the name of 2nd part of the bridge?

(a)  

11.

What is the name of 3rd part of the bridge?

(a)  

12.

What is the name of 6th part of the bridge?

(a)  

13.

What is the name of 5th part of the bridge?

(a)  

14-20.

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges of either type in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River.

It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed. It uses a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge design. The towers are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement. The two towers are designed to be high and bulk enough to serve fundamental purposes. They supported the enormous weight of the roadway and cables. The deck and the towers are high enough so that the traffic on the river would not be interfered. Suspension bridges can easily cross distances between 2,000 and 7,000 feet (610 and 2,134 meters), enabling them to span distances beyond the scope of other bridge designs. The supporting cables and the suspenders, on the other hand, receive the bridge's tension forces. The supporting cables run horizontally between the two far-flung anchorages. However, the suspenders run vertically. At the end of the suspension cables, they are secured by anchorages, which are solid cubical structures of stone masonry. They are 42.8 by 47.5 meters at the base and rising 32.4 meters above high-water mark. To resist the great tension from the suspension cables, their weight has to be at least 60,000 tons each. These massive stone masonry structures are situated 334.8 meters back from the towers on each side

14.

Which regions are connected by the Brooklyn Bridge?

4 lines
15.

1.When was the Brooklyn Bridge completed

4 lines
16.

Why The two towers are designed to be high and bulk enough?

4 lines
17.

What is the difference between The supporting cables and the suspenders?

4 lines
18.

What is the minimum weight of for the anchorage to resist the great tension?

4 lines
19.

The Brooklyn Bridge spans in East and West River (True or False)

(a)  

20.

The Brooklyn Bridge was the first steel-wire suspension bridge in USA (True or false)

(a)