it upon the rivets of the connection. In highway bridges of long span thetrusses are deep and it is necessary touse some system of sway bracing moreeffecient than the ordinary strut inorder to make a more rigid coniB ction be-tween the trusses. Pig. 35 shows the sway bracing usedPig. 35 in a… … 21 gether. The top angles are riveted directly to the top chord, thusmaking a stiff connection. The diagonal members of the sway brac-ing consist as shown,of single cmgles with the legs turned down,the advantage of which has been previoLisly discussed. These an-gles are designed to take either…
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