Bridges Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. in Marysville, Union County, OH
  2. 5. constructed of planks rather than the heavy timbers
  3. 7. modular shapes which resist stress in multiple directions at once
  4. 10. wooden, kingpost truss forms the center
  5. 14. traffic travels between parallel superstructures
  6. 17. traffic travels through the superstructure
  7. 18. able to attain longer spans
  8. 19. concentrates much of its compressive forces through the end panels
  9. 20. stronger version of the Pratt truss
Down
  1. 1. superstructure and substructure which are integrated
  2. 2. the arch may be trussed or solid
  3. 4. these rely on diagonal bracing
  4. 6. a type of multiple kingpost truss.
  5. 8. curved through truss rising above the deck
  6. 9. traffic travels on top of the main structure
  7. 11. wooden truss
  8. 12. carries the deck on top of the arch.
  9. 13. constructed using curved girder sections
  10. 15. designed by Thomas and Caleb Pratt in 1844
  11. 16. used exclusively by Ohio bridge builder Everett Sherman