Pictorial Handbook of Technical Devices by: Otto B. Schwarz and ...

VII STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
6-BRIDGES
A-Structures
a-Single-strut deck truss for short spans up to 40 feet.
b-Double-strut deck truss for spans up to 70 feet.
c-Multiple-strut deck truss for spans up to 100 feet.
d-Truss with interpanel tie rods. (Whipple)
e-Truss in which the vertical and end posts are struts; it has vertical tie
rods from the end posts and diagonal tie rods in the panels. (Whipple)
f-Truss with vertical struts, except in the end panels which have vertical
tie rods, with inclined end struts and diagonal tie rods.
g-Arch-deck truss bridge.
h-Truss with inclined strut and tie rod for each panel, with stiff
compression upper chord., the vertical members being tie rods.
j-Truss with inclined posts and vertical tie rods. (Baltimore model)
k-Arch-truss bridge.
I-Truss, having vertical end posts with inclined struts meeting at the
center. (Post)
m-Swing bridge. (Whipple)
n-Swing bridge. (Post)
o-Cantilever bridge.
p, q, r-Suspension bridges.
s-Steel-arched concrete bridge. (Thatcher type)
t-Rolling lift bridge. (Chicago type)
u-Truss (combination of “Whipple” and “Warren System”).
v-Brooklyn-New York bridge. (Roebling suspension system)