Keep the floorbeam in place. It does not transmitany of the load; since the load Is carried directly to the masonry 15. plate by the floorbeam. The general method of connecting the endfloorbearn,shown in Fig.23,is used by a large number of railroads. When no end floorbeam is used,the end stringers… … Fig.24. the ends by a cross-frame and the lateral shifting of the string-ers is prevented by connecting them to the pedestals by means ofangles,as is shown in Fig.24. STRINGERS. In through truss bridges there are usually two lines ofstringers,composed either of plate girders or of I-beams. They…
