box girder
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bridge construction
- In bridge: Beam bridges
…in the form of plate girders. A plate girder is an I beam consisting of separate top and bottom flanges welded or bolted to a vertical web. While beams for short spans are usually of a constant depth, beams for longer spans are often haunched—that is, deeper at the supports…
Read More - In bridge: European designs
The box girder deck of the Bonn-Nord, as with most cable-stayed bridges built during the 1950s and ’60s, was made of steel. From the 1970s, however, concrete decks were used more frequently.
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long-span building construction
- In construction: Steel structures
…developed for bridges, such as plate girders and trusses, are used in long-span buildings. Plate girders are welded from steel plates to make I beams that are deeper than the standard rolled shapes and that can span up to 60 metres (200 feet); however, they are not very efficient in…
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