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Types and details of bridge construction (1904)

Skinner, Frank W. (Frank Woodward), 1858-1932 · New York, McGraw · leaf 313

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t., and one -^^ 28-ft. cover plates, all14 in. wide. The intermediate girders, from 71 to 76 ft. long,which support one track, have additional 16 X ^-in. verticalplates in their flanges. All spans have flange plates and anglesof the same widths. Web plates vary from | to 11 in. thick, 296 BRIDGE… … ribs, and are secured by rivets at the fixed ends and by bolts inslotted holes at the expansion ends. At the abutments, theyhave pin-connected cast steel pedestals and shoes. The spans have no floorbeams, stringers, or lateral systems.The girders are connected only by the transverse plate and…

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