Skinner, Frank W. (Frank Woodward), 1858-1932 · New York, McGraw · leaf 277
. At the other end of the bridge there is a triangular platformsupported on four very heavy divergent plate girders about 9 ft.deep and nearly 120 ft. long, as indicated by the double lines inthe plan. At the end of the 500-ft. span these girders reston bed plates on the top of the pier, and are… … Triangular Span. APPROACHES 261 girders rest on the piers and are web-connected to a floorbeamabout 70 ft. long, parallel with the axis of the two piers. Thisfloorbeam is supported on the masonry by a shoe about 14 ft.from each end, and thus forms a continuous girder supported atfour points.…
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