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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 202 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (How does it hold up?): Beam: flat deck on supports, short spans; spans = length ÷ span length. Arch: curved, in compression, pushes out on its ends. Suspension: deck hangs from cables (tension) over towers (compression); longest spans.

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  1. 1.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  2. 2.🌉 A beam bridge is 450 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  3. 3.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  4. 4.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  6. 6.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) tension (d) friction
  7. 7.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge (d) log bridge
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge is 150 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  10. 10.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) the simplest bridge (d) tall towers hold cables
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  12. 12.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  14. 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge is 180 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  17. 17.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) compression (c) friction (d) no force
  20. 20.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) cables only (c) nothing (d) piers
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge 105 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  22. 22.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a curve under the deck (c) pushes out on its ends (d) tall towers hold cables
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge is 30 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  25. 25.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  26. 26.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) stones squeezed together
  27. 27.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) good for short gaps (c) a curve under the deck (d) pushes out on its ends
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  29. 29.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) pushes out on its ends
  30. 30.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) the simplest bridge (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a flat deck on piers
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge is 225 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  34. 34.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a log across a stream (c) the simplest bridge (d) a curve under the deck
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  36. 36.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge 330 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  39. 39.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge is 180 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. a log across a stream
  4. True
  5. 10
  6. compression
  7. True
  8. suspension bridge
  9. 10
  10. the simplest bridge
  11. suspension bridge
  12. False
  13. 7
  14. arch bridge
  15. beam bridge
  16. 12
  17. False
  18. False
  19. tension
  20. piers
  21. 35
  22. True
  23. tall towers hold cables
  24. 3
  25. arch bridge
  26. a flat deck on piers
  27. good for short gaps
  28. beam bridge
  29. deck hangs from cables
  30. cables tied down at ends
  31. suspension bridge
  32. 8
  33. 9
  34. a curve under the deck
  35. beam bridge
  36. False
  37. arch bridge
  38. 10
  39. True
  40. 6

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