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WorksheetsBridge Test Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
The upper perimeter of a bridge, or its roof is called the ________.
deck
bridge
top chord
bottom chord
The part of a bridge that is under ground level is the ______.
footing
substructure
superstructure
girders
The four main factors used in describing a bridge are ____, ____, ____, & _____.
deck, truss, bottom chord, & placement of the travel surface
span, material, superstructure, & form
form, span, material & substructure
form, span, material & placement of travel surface
This truss variation has diagonal web members that are inclined toward the center of the span to form A-shapes.
Cantilever
Howe Truss
Warren Truss
Pratt Truss
The simplest type of Truss is the ________.
mutilking post truss
queen post truss
Pratt Truss
king post truss
The three common travel surface configurations are ___, ___, & ___.
deck, pony, & through
pony, cantilever, & truss
through, pony, & span
Howe, Pratt, & Warren
Covered bridges are typically _______ truss structures.
metal
wooden
Pratt
simple
A part in a structure, most especially a truss is called a (a) .
_______ can be identified by the presence of many equilateral or isosceles triangles formed by the web members which connect the top and bottom chords.
King Post
Pratt Truss
Queen Post
Warren Truss
The superstructure are the bridge parts ___________.
below the deck
of a memeber
deck and above
deck and below
The most common type of Truss variation is the (a) Truss.
The part of a bridge that connects the footing to the bottom of the bridge’s deck is a ______.
span
end post
bottom chord
column
A tension memeber of a truss is a (a) .
(a) is the length in between the inner edges of the "legs" of a structure.
Bridge parts below deck are ______.
girders
substructure
superstructure
portals
The portal of a bridge is the _____________.
outermost vertical or diagonal member of a bridge.
stronger form of a beam or girder made with a web of members.
open ends on a Through Truss, a.k.a the entrance.
tension member of a truss.
Traffic traveling through the superstructure (usually a truss) which is cross-braced above and below the traffic describes which type of travel surface configuration?
Pony configuration
Deck configuration
Continuous configuration
Through configuration
The basic identifying features of the _______ has diagonal web members which form a V-shape.
Warren Truss
covered truss
Howe Truss
Pratt Truss
The three basic types of spans are _____, _____, & _____.
pony, deck, & through
simple, suspension, & continuous
cantilever, simple, & continuous
truss, cantilever, & suspension
A structure that is permanently in a single area/position is a _________.
beam
arch
column
fixed arch
______ are tension memebers on a cable from the main cable to the deck of a suspension bridge.
Ties
Struts
End Post
Suspenders
A horizontal structure memeber supporting vertical loads by resisting bending is a ______.
beam
girder
deck
arch
An ________ is a structure that is curved and carries weight in a vertical manner primarily by using x-axis compression.
fixed arch
arch
truss
beam
Horizontal structures that hold a vertical weight while not bending is a _____.
bridge
girder
end post
beam
A (a) is a member that is compressive.
The lower end of a truss that assists in helping the bridge not buckle is the ______ ______.
(a)
A vertical member whose upper end is at the hip (side) of a truss.
(a)
Outermost vertical or diagonal member of a bridge is called the _____.
end post
fixed arch
hip vertical
end cap
A (a) is a stronger form of a beam or girder made with a web of members.
List ONE example of a type of material that can be used for bridge building.
(a)
