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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 815 · 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 180 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge is 80 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 315 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  6. 6.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) cables only (c) nothing (d) piers
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge (d) beam bridge
  9. 9.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a log across a stream (c) stones squeezed together (d) cables tied down at ends
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  11. 11.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) deck hangs from cables (c) stones squeezed together (d) a log across a stream
  12. 12.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) a flat deck on piers
  13. 13.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) no force (d) compression
  15. 15.🌉 A beam bridge 250 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge is 160 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  17. 17.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) compression (c) tension (d) no force
  18. 18.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  21. 21.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) cables tied down at ends (c) the longest spans of all (d) a curve under the deck
  22. 22.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  25. 25.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge is 240 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  27. 27.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  30. 30.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  32. 32.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) good for short gaps (c) stones squeezed together (d) pushes out on its ends
  33. 33.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge is 50 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge 180 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  37. 37.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) the longest spans of all (c) tall towers hold cables (d) the simplest bridge
  38. 38.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 105 m long is split by piers into 7 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 70 m long is split by piers into 7 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?

Answer key

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

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