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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 705 · 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 bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  2. 2.🌉 A beam bridge 495 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  3. 3.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) the simplest bridge (d) a log across a stream
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  5. 5.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) nothing (c) piers (d) cables only
  6. 6.🌉 A beam bridge is 175 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge is 450 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  8. 8.🌉 A beam bridge 30 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  10. 10.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  14. 14.🌉 A beam bridge 165 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) log bridge (c) arch bridge (d) suspension bridge
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  17. 17.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) tension (c) compression (d) friction
  18. 18.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a log across a stream (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a curve under the deck
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  20. 20.🌉 A beam bridge 280 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  21. 21.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) no force (c) compression (d) friction
  22. 22.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) the longest spans of all (c) deck hangs from cables (d) stones squeezed together
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  24. 24.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) tall towers hold cables (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a log across a stream
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge is 350 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  26. 26.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🌉 A beam bridge 250 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  28. 28.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge is 360 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge is 250 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  36. 36.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) the simplest bridge (c) cables tied down at ends (d) stones squeezed together
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?

Answer key

  1. beam bridge
  2. 45
  3. deck hangs from cables
  4. suspension bridge
  5. piers
  6. 7
  7. 9
  8. 1
  9. beam bridge
  10. True
  11. True
  12. suspension bridge
  13. 50
  14. 10
  15. suspension bridge
  16. arch bridge
  17. compression
  18. a curve under the deck
  19. suspension bridge
  20. 7
  21. tension
  22. stones squeezed together
  23. suspension bridge
  24. a log across a stream
  25. 7
  26. False
  27. 9
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. 9
  33. arch bridge
  34. False
  35. 10
  36. False
  37. False
  38. cables tied down at ends
  39. 8
  40. 3

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