bridges and loads
Across
- 2. the simplest design. Supported by an abutment at each end.
- 5. Temporary loads due to weather (wind from hurricanes or tornadoes; rain or snow) and earthquakes.
- 7. people who usually design or build things.
- 9. The weight of the bridge plus toll booths, signs, guardrails, gates, train tracks, walkways or a concrete road surface
- 10. a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch
Down
- 1. A bridge in which the deck (roadway) is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders.
- 2. a structure carrying a road, path, railroad, or canal across a river, ravine, road, railroad, or other obstacle.
- 3. example of dead load
- 4. example of live load
- 6. Temporary loads that act on a bridge, such as cars, trucks, trains or pedestrians.
- 8. example of environmental load