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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 479 · 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.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) a log across a stream (c) a flat deck on piers (d) the simplest bridge
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) the longest spans of all (c) the simplest bridge (d) deck hangs from cables
  4. 4.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a flat deck on piers (c) stones squeezed together (d) the longest spans of all
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 45 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  6. 6.🌉 A beam bridge is 20 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  8. 8.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) stones squeezed together (c) a log across a stream (d) good for short gaps
  9. 9.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 135 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  13. 13.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🌉 A beam bridge 210 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  15. 15.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge is 180 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge is 250 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  18. 18.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a log across a stream (d) a flat deck on piers
  19. 19.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a curve under the deck (d) a log across a stream
  20. 20.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  23. 23.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge is 480 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge is 360 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge is 60 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  27. 27.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a curve under the deck (d) cables tied down at ends
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  30. 30.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) stones squeezed together (c) good for short gaps (d) deck hangs from cables
  31. 31.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge (d) log bridge
  34. 34.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) cables only (c) nothing (d) piers
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge is 240 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  38. 38.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge is 500 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?

Answer key

  1. a rope bridge in hills
  2. suspension bridge
  3. the simplest bridge
  4. the longest spans of all
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. suspension bridge
  8. stones squeezed together
  9. True
  10. 2
  11. 8
  12. beam bridge
  13. True
  14. 5
  15. False
  16. 6
  17. 5
  18. pushes out on its ends
  19. a log across a stream
  20. True
  21. beam bridge
  22. 15
  23. True
  24. 12
  25. 9
  26. 3
  27. False
  28. a curve under the deck
  29. beam bridge
  30. good for short gaps
  31. True
  32. arch bridge
  33. suspension bridge
  34. piers
  35. 4
  36. 6
  37. 7
  38. True
  39. True
  40. 10

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