Talk:Tied arch bridge
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examples?
- Fremont Bridge (Portland)
- Port Mann Bridge
- John McLoughlin Bridge
- Daniel Carter Beard Bridge
- Hoan Bridge
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge
bowstrings (are they technically tied arches also?)
Cacophony 21:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
- Hi Cacophony! Bowstring is just another name for tied arch. The main idea is that the road deck is under tension and that it ties the ends of the arch together, eliminating horizontal forces at the foundations. The Fremont bridge is a great looking tied arch, but it is a more complicated example because of the two half arches at either end. I think it would be good to put a picture of a simpler tied arch (such as Fort Pitt) above Fremont, with captions explaining that both bridges are tied arches.
- Also it would be good to place links back to this article from the many articles on tied arch bridges, such as those you mention.
- Robshill 18:01, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Done, properly sorted - Leonard G. 19:34, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
