Bridge Terminology

1. the combination of the cap and the pile
4. an underlying or supporting structure
5. a vertical support structure used to hold up a bridge.
8. the main truss that supports smaller trusses
10. a bridge suspended from chain or wire cables
11. a bridge having a span that hoists vertically
12. a truss with horizontal, vertical and diagonal members
13. type of stress that stretch material and pull it apart
14. a truss constructed from equilateral triangles
15. what happens when the force of compression overcomes an object's ability to handle compression
16. the distance between two supports holding up a structure
17. the material laid down to form a road
20. very hard building material made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water

2. type of stress that twist and bend material
3. the name of bridge that blew down in 1940 in Washington state
4. type of stress that make materials tear and slide by each other
6. type of stress that push or squeeze materials together
7. a support system typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a bridge
9. a heavy twisted wire rope suspending sections of a suspension bridge
10. a load that is applied slowly to a structure to determine the tensile strength of materials
16. a structure built on top of something else
18. a bridge with curved arches to produce reactions inclined to the vertical
19. a horizontal structure supporting vertical loads by spanning from one support to another