Padma Bridge 1 Padma Bridge Padma Multipurpose Bridge Carries Crosses Locale Maintained by Designer Design Material Total length Width Motor vehicles‚ Railway Padma River Louhajong‚ Munshiganj to Shariatpur and Madaripur Bangladesh Bridge Authority Maunsell AECOM Truss bridge Steel 6‚150 m (20‚180 ft) 21.1 m (69 ft) Bangladesh Construction begin expected in 2013 Construction end Coordinates expected in 2016 23°25′21″N 90°18′35″E The Padma Bridge is a multipurpose road-rail bridge across
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Bridge Write Up The problem that we have is we need to find a bridge that will fill a gap that is 12" long‚ and 2.5" wide. Our objective is to build a bridge that can hold up to 2.5kg at the most. The bridge must have a length at least 3inches‚ and a width of 2.5inches. Some constraints that we have are no more than 10% of the bridge may consist of "bulky" members made from two pieces of balsa wood. We can only use 15 pieces of balsa wood‚ and if we use string it has to be attached in a simple
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A Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit‚ one leg of which includes the unknown component. Its operation is similar to the original potentiometer. It was invented by Samuel Hunter Christie in 1833 and improved and popularized by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1843. One of the Wheatstone bridge’s initial uses was for the purpose of soils analysis and comparison.[1] -------------------------------------------------
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Balls Bridge and Truss Bridges: A Brief Historical Overview Nathan Holth Foreword: I composed this brief and informal overview of truss bridges and Balls Bridge to put this beautiful historic bridge ’s history and significance into context. A version of this document with full-color photos is available on my website ’s Balls Bridge Page located at www.historicbridges.org/ontario/balls/index.htm which also has more information and photos. The general truss bridge information in this document was
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The Bridge of the Americas The Bridge of the Americas (Spanish: Puente de las Américas; originally known as the Thatcher Ferry Bridge) is a road bridge in Panama‚ which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Completed in 1962‚ at a cost of US$20 million‚ it was the only non-swinging bridge (there are two other bridges‚ one at the Miraflores locks and one at the Gatun locks) connecting the north and south American land masses until the opening of the Centennial Bridge in 2004. The bridge
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Bonus Bridge Paper Transportation is key in today’s society. It’s all about getting from one place to another in the quickest way possible. The inconvenience of going around something or going directly through can be tiring and can take up a lot of time. That’s where bridges come in. A bridge is a structure carrying a road‚ path or railroad across bodies of water‚ other roads or any object that may be an obstacle. Although there are many different types of bridges‚ they all deal with compressible
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PAPER BRIDGE COMPETITION (GROUP PROJECT) OBJECTIVES: To construct a free span paper bridge that is capable of supporting a number of weights. The best score is achieved by total weight supported. SPESIFICATIONS: The bridge must be constructed from only paper and tape. Standard 4 pieces A4 paper size up to 80 GSM only can be used. The bridge span must be the A4 paper width. Glue can be used to join the members; for example‚ along the seam of a tubular member or at a point where two or
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The trestle bridge is built with lateral and angled bracing‚ and horizontal and vertical reinforcements; to ensure the bridge can bear maximum weight. The base of the bridge is simply constructed with lateral bracing which is connected by horizontal panels that are connected to a horizontal‚ upright‚ panel on either side. Although‚ engineers rarely place lateral bracing on the base‚ it provides for extra stability. Moreover‚ the base also has upright and angled Popsicle sticks connected to the lateral
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Zhaozhou Bridge The well-known Zhaozhou Bridge‚ also known as Anji Bridge and the Great Stone Bridge‚ was designed and built by a craftsman named Li Chun in the years 595-605 during the Sui Dynasty(A.D 581-618). The bridge is located in the southern part of Hebei Province in China and spans above the Xiao River. It is the world’s oldest and the most well-preserved open-spandrel stone segmental arch bridge. The Zhaozhou Bridge is not only a practical means of transportation but also illustrates
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------------------------------------------------- Brooklyn Bridge This essay introduces the Brooklyn Bridge. The Bridge is located in America over the East river; the nearest city to the bridge is New York and Manhattan‚ Brooklyn. After 60 years of political‚ financial and technical discussions to start the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge it was approved. The Bill to start construction was signed in 1869 by the New York Bridge company president‚ Ulysses S Grant. The cost of the original
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