Thorpe, William Henry · London, E. & F.N. Spon, limited; New York, Spon & Chamberlain · leaf 20
p along the abutment away from the point atwhich it bears hardest, under frequent applications andremovals of the live load, and accompanying deflections. This tendency to travel may be aggravated in bridgescarrying a ballasted road, in which there may be a consider-able thickness of ballast near… … Pig. 2. The movement may be prevented in new work for moderateangles of skew by carrying the end cross-girders well back,and securing them iif some efficient manner; or by theintroduction of a diagonal tie following the skew face, andattached to cross and main girder flanges (Fig. 2)—a methodwhich…
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