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Pages in category "Beam bridges in Canada" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Beam bridges are often only used for relatively short distances because, unlike truss bridges, they have no built in supports. The only supports are provided by piers. The further apart its supports, the weaker a beam bridge gets. As a result, beam bridges rarely span more than 250 feet (80 m).
Canada's longest bridge is the Confederation Bridge in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a total of 12,910 metres (8.02 mi) between abutments, it's also the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. More than 5,000 local workers helped with the project, which cost about $1 billion.
The Albert Memorial Bridge is a beam bridge that spans across the north and south banks of Wascana Creek along Albert Street in Regina, Saskatchewan. This functional war memorial is 256 metres (840 feet) long and 22 metres (72 feet) wide.
10,100 m (Jiashao Bridge, Zhejiang, China) Cable-stayed suspension bridge hybrid Cable-stayed bridge and Suspension bridge: 1,408 m (4,619 ft) Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, [2] Istanbul: Cantilever bridge: 549 m (Quebec bridge) 1042.6 m (Forth Bridge) Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge: Clapper bridge: Covered bridge: Girder bridge: Continuous ...
The Le Gardeur Bridge is a beam bridge that connects the east end of the island of Montreal, in Pointe-aux-Trembles, to Repentigny. The bridge has two sections across the Rivière des Prairies, which are separated by Île Bourdon. The length of the structures is 297 metres (974 ft) (west) and 565 metres (1,854 ft) (east).
Category: Bridges in Canada by type. 5 languages. ... Beam bridges in Canada (5 P) C. Cable-stayed bridges in Canada (13 P) Cantilever bridges in Canada (7 P)
The world's longest beam bridge is Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in southern Louisiana in the United States, at 23.83 miles (38.35 km), with individual spans of 56 feet (17 m). [30] Beam bridges are the simplest and oldest type of bridge in use today, [31] and are a popular type. [32] Truss bridge: A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing ...