Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 142
al appearance. Through the columns of Engineering Nezus, of this year, we have learned the disastrous results of adopting the so-called "Leg bridges" for country roads. They consist of steel piles, forming the abutments, and plate or lattice girders carrying the floors, the two being connected by… … Fig. 18. Longitudinal Section of Bridge over the Quai Debilly, Paris. armored concrete piles mid span and a concrete steel floor, mono- lithically connected with these piles, will make a bridge as cheap as a "Leg bridge," but far better and indestructible. Fig. 17 shows a typical cross section of a…
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