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Types and details of bridge construction (1904)

Skinner, Frank W. (Frank Woodward), 1858-1932 · New York, McGraw · leaf 288

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orbeams. The weight of theii6-ft. single-track deckspan is 268,000 lbs.The weight of one 103-ft. double-track throughgirder is 118,000 lbs.,and the weight of thecomplete span is 415,000lbs. All girders were shipped whole and separately to the site, where they were runto position on tracks carried… … Details Girder. Fraser River Bridge Approach. TheFraser River Bridge at New Westminster, British Columbia,Canada, has a total length of about 2000 ft. and carries a high-way, and steam and electric railways across the river at a pointwhere the latter is nearly 2000 ft. wide and has a maximumdepth…

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