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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 914 · 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 flat deck on piers (b) good for short gaps (c) a curve under the deck (d) tall towers hold cables
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge (d) arch bridge
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge 350 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  4. 4.🌉 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?
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  6. 6.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  8. 8.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) piers (b) cables only (c) nothing (d) balloons
  9. 9.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a log across a stream (c) the longest spans of all (d) a curve under the deck
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  11. 11.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  13. 13.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a flat deck on piers (c) tall towers hold cables (d) stones squeezed together
  14. 14.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) friction (d) tension
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  16. 16.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) good for short gaps
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge is 40 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  18. 18.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  21. 21.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a log across a stream (c) good for short gaps (d) a rope bridge in hills
  22. 22.🌉 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?
  23. 23.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) deck hangs from cables (c) pushes out on its ends (d) the simplest bridge
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge is 550 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  25. 25.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) pushes out on its ends (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a flat deck on piers
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  27. 27.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 140 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge 250 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge 360 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 300 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  34. 34.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) the longest spans of all (c) stones squeezed together (d) a flat deck on piers
  35. 35.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge is 75 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge is 90 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  39. 39.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 440 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?

Answer key

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

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