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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 78 · 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: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  2. 2.🌉 A beam bridge 175 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge is 75 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge (d) beam bridge
  5. 5.🌉 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?
  6. 6.🌉 A beam bridge is 280 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  7. 7.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  9. 9.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) pushes out on its ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) a curve under the deck
  10. 10.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a flat deck on piers (c) good for short gaps (d) tall towers hold cables
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  14. 14.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) compression (c) no force (d) tension
  15. 15.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a curve under the deck (c) a flat deck on piers (d) the longest spans of all
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  18. 18.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a rope bridge in hills
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  22. 22.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge is 60 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  25. 25.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  27. 27.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) the simplest bridge (c) deck hangs from cables (d) good for short gaps
  28. 28.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a curve under the deck (c) a log across a stream (d) tall towers hold cables
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 200 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) cables tied down at ends (c) pushes out on its ends (d) good for short gaps
  31. 31.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) the longest spans of all (d) pushes out on its ends
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) tension (d) friction
  35. 35.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) stones squeezed together (c) a log across a stream (d) the longest spans of all
  39. 39.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 315 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?

Answer key

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

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