This document provides an overview of bridges, including: 1) It defines what a bridge is, its main components, and classifications based on various factors such as material, location, purpose, and structural design. 2) The key components of a bridge are described as the superstructure, which is above the bearings, and the substructure, which is below the bearings. 3) Bridges are investigated and designed based on considerations like span length, site conditions, and cost. Maintaining bridges requires regular inspections to identify deterioration and prevent structural failures.

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CH:- 8 INTRODUCTION

3. What is a bridge?
 A bridge is a structure that spans a
divide such as:
 A stream/river/ravine/valley
 Railroad track/roadway/waterway
 The traffic that
uses a bridge
may include:
 Pedestrian or cycle traffic
 Vehicular or rail traffic
 Water/gas pipes
 A combination of all the above
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4. Components of bridge
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5. The components of the bridge above the
bearing is known as Super Structure.
 Beams, Girders
 Arch, Cables
 Flooring
 Bearing
 Parapet wall,
Hand Rail
Super structure
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6. The components of the bridge below the level of
bearings is known as Sub Structure.
 Abutments
 Piers
 Wing walls
 Foundation
for
abutments
and Piers
Sub structure
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7. Classification of
Bridges
Based on material
As per alignment
As per location of bridges
Purpose
Acc. To type of super structure
Acc. To HFL
Acc. To type of span
Acc. To span length
Acc. To navigation facilities
Acc. To loading
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8. 2. Stone1. Timber Bridge:
Masonry Bridge
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9. 3.Rcc Bridge 4. Steel Bridge
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10. 6. Composite Bridge5. Prestressed concrete
Bridge
SOURCE: GOOGLE IMAGES
Pamban road bridge- tamilnadu
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11. 1. Straight Alignment:
When the
alignment of bridge is
perpendicular to the
centre line of a river, it
is called straight bridge.
2. Skew Bridge:
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When the
not
ent of a bridge is
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perpendicular to the
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tre line of river, is
led Skew Bridge.
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12. 1.Deck Bridge:
When the bridge flooring is provided
at the top of the super structure, it is
called deck bridge.
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13. 2. Through Bridge:
When the bridge
flooring is provided at
the bottom of the super
structure, it is
Semi-Through
super
called
Bridge.
Bayonne Bridge-new york
structure, it is called
Through Bridge.
Chaotianmen Bridge -china
3. Semi-Through Bridge:
When the flooring
is located at some
intermediate level in the
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14. 1. Aquaduct:
It is small bridge constructed
over a stream which remains dry for most
part of the year is called aquaduct.
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15. 2. Viaduct:
str
It is a long continuous
ucture which carries a
road or railway like bridge
over dry valley composed of
a series of spans trestle
bents instead of solid piers.
3. Grade separator:
When two roads crosses
each other and there is
considerable differences in
their formation level, a
bridge structure is
constructed , which is known
as grade separator.
4. Highway Bridge:
It is constructed on a
roadway for the movement
of vehicles.
Panval Viaduct, India
Koyambedu
grade
separator,
Tamilnadu,
India.
Eastern
Peripheral
Expressway
India
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16. 5. Railway Bridge
It is constructed for the railway.
6. Foot Bridge
A foot bridge is a bridge exclusively used
for carrying pedestrians, cycles and animals.
7. Pipe Bridge
It is used to support pipeline for water, gas,
oil, etc.
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17. 1. Slab Bridge:
When the span of
bridge is 3 to 6m, slab
bridge is used, It is also
called culvert.
2. Girder bridge:
When the span of a
bridge is more, flooring
is supported on RCC or
steel girder. Such type
of bridge is called
girder bridge.
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18. 3. Truss Bridge
When the flooring of a bridge is supported
over steel trusses it is called truss bridge.
Normally such type of bridges are used for
railways.
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19. 4. Suspension Bridge:
Suspension bridges consists of sets of
cables hanging in a curve from which the
roadway is supported.
A flooring load is transferred suspenders
and cables to the piers.
Narmada bridge
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20. 5. Arch Bridge:
In such type of bridge the weight of
flooring is transferred to the piers through the
arch. the floor beam is suspended trough
hangers from arch.
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21. 1.Submersible bridge or
causeway:
A road causeway is a
pucca dip which allows
floods to pass over it. It may
or may not have openings or
vents for low water to flow.
2. Non-Submersible bridge:
In this types of bridge
formation level is kept above
the HFL, so that maximum
flood does not affect the
traffic on the bridge.
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22. 1. Simply supported Bridge:
When the bridge girders are simply
supported on piers, it is known as simply
supported bridges.
2. Continuous Bridge:
When the super structure of a bridge is
continuous over more than two supports, it is
called continuous bridge.
SOURCE: GOOGLE IMAGES
Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge,USA
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23. 3. Cantilever bridge:
A cantilever bridge is formed of cantilevers
projecting from the supporting piers. The ends
of a cantilever bridges are treated as fixed.
4. Balanced cantilever bridge:
A balanced cantilever bridge consists of
spans simply supported over cantilever.
Forth Bridge,
United Kingdom, Edinburgh,
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24. 1. Culvert - span up to 8m.
2. Minor bridge – span 8 to 30m.
3. Major bridge – span 30 to 120m.
4. Long span bridge – span above 120m.
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25. 1. Swing bridge:
In case of swing bridge a central pier is
provided with suitable bearing or rollers. The
super structure consists of a pair of steel
trusses and it can be rotated in a horizontal
plan about vertical axis.
SOURCE: GOOGLE IMAGES
Lake Okeechobee
LAKE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
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26. 2. Bascule bridge:
In case of bascule bridge, the entire
structure is rotated in a vertical plane about a
horizontal axis.
Lowestoft
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27. 3. Traverser bridge:
In case of traverser bridge, it is so arranged
that the whole bridge can fully or partially be rolled
forward or backward across the openings.
4. Lift bridge:
In this type of bridge the truss is lifted up.
5. Transporter bridge:
In case of transporter bridge, a moving cage is
suspended from an overhead truss with the help of
cable or wire ropes.
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28. 1. Temporary bridge:
a. pontoon bridge- KUMBH MELA
b. boat bridge : COLKATA-RABINDRANATH SETU
c. flying bridge- West India Quay
London, UK
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29. 2. Permanent bridge:
a. RCC bridges
b. masonry bridges -Rajasthan
c. steel bridges : Surat tapti river
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30. 1. Class AA bridge – Narmada cable bridge
2. Class A bridge
3. Class B bridge
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31.  A low coast bridge may be define as bridge
constructed at low cost and capable of being
maintained at low cost.
Reason to construct low coast bridge
 Lack of money, resource
 Lack of time and materials
 Temporary need
 Repairs to permanent works
 Undertaking project surveys in the interiors
 To facilitate the execution of permanent works.
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32.  Causeways
 Culverts
 Timber bridges
 Floating bridges
 Flying bridges
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CH:- 9 INVESTIGATIONS FOR
BRIDGE

34. • Span length
• Bridge length
• Beam spacing
• Material available
•Site conditions (foundation, height, apace
constraints)
• Speed of construction
• Aesthetics
• Cost
• Access for maintenance
Selection of site
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35.  Width of bridge
 A straight reach
 Foundations
 River banks
 Square alignment
 Materials and labour
 Velocity of flow
 Free board
 Minimum obstruction to waterway
 Absence of scouring and silting
 No confluence of large tributaries
 Adequate vertical height
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36.  Length of the bridge:- The distance between inner
faces of two abutments is called length of the
bridge.(L)
 The clear distance between two piers or between
abutment and pier is called the clear span.
 Let , there are n numbers of spans.
NO. of piers=n-1
Length of bridge,
L=(n*l)+(n-l)*b
where, l=clear span
n=number of span
b=width of span
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38.  Linear water way: The area through which the water
flows under a bridge super structure is known as
the water way of the bridge & the linear
measurement of waterway between the two edges
of the flow of the water, perpendicular to the
abutments is called linear water way.
 Linear water way=sum of all the clear span
 Effective linear water way:
= width of river bed - obstructions to flow like pier
width
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40.  Afflux: when a bridge is constructed, the structures such as
abutment and piers cause the reduction of the natural
water way area, so to carry the maximum flood discharge ,
the velocity under a bridge increase. This increased velocity
gives rise to a sudden heading up of water on the upstream
side of the stream.This phenomenon of heading up of
water on the upstream side of the stream is known as
afflux. afflux= Increased in water level due to obstructions
- Normal water level.
Free board: Free board is the vertical distance between the
designed high flood level, allowing for afflux, if any , and
the level of the bottom of the bridge girders.
Vertical clearance: They are of two types:
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42. FREE BOARD
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43. Type of bridge Free board in mm
High level bridge 600
Arch 300
Girder 600 to 900
Navigational streams 2400 to 3000
FREE BOARD
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44.  Below super structure: IT is a vertical intercept
between the lowest level of supporting structure of
bridge flooring and the maximum water level at
time of HFL.
 Above super structure: When vehicle travel on
abridge any projecting part of the vehicle should
not strike with sides or at the top.
 High flood level: it is the level of the highest flood
ever recorded or calculated.
 Formation level: The level of flooring of a bridge
super structure is called formation level.
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47.  Scour depth: The term scour used to indicate the
increase in depth in vertical direction of the bed of
river , such increase in depth in mainly due to the
currents of flowing water. The bridge foundations
should be taken beyond the depth of scour.
 Economic span: The economic span of a bridge is
the one which reduces the overall cost of a bridge
to be a minimum.
 Thus most economic span length is that which
satisfies the following,i.e,
The cost of the super structure=The cost of the
substructure.
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CH:- 10 BRIDGE STRUCTURE
AND SUPER STRUCTURE

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53.  Solid pier
 Dumb bell
 Column pier
 Cylindrical pier
 Abutment pier
 Pile pier
 Trestle pier
 Cellular pier
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Solid pier Dumbell pier
Column pier Cylindrical pier

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Abutment pier
Pile pier
Trestle pier
Cellular pier

56.  To transfer the load of the superstructure to the
soil through foundation.
 To divide the bridge length into suitable spans.
Function of weep holes:
 Weep holes are provided to drain off water which
gets access to the earth filling.
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57.  The end support of a bridge super structure is
known as an abutment.
Function :
 To finish up the bridge so that it can be put for
use.
 To retain the earth filling.
 To transmit the reaction of superstructure to the
foundation.
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58.  The device which are provided over the supports
of the bridge to accommodate the changes in the
main girders due to deflection, temperature,
vertical movement due to shrinkage, creep.
prestressing etc ,and to transmit the load from the
superstructure to the substructure are known as
bearings.
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59.  To absorb movement of girders.
 To distribute load on large area.
 To simplify the procedure in design.
 To keep the procedure in design.
 To keep the compressive stress within limits.
 To transfer horizontal forces due to braking.
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60. Bearings
For steel &
Iron bearings
Fixed bearings
1)Shallow plate
bearing
2) Deep base
bearing
3)Steel hinge
bearing
4) Rocker bearing
5)Laminated
rubber bearing
6)Cement mortar
pad bearing
Free bearings
1)Sliding plate
bearing
2)Rocker type
bearing
3)Roller
bearing
For concrete bearings
a)Bearings for slab
bridge
1) Tar paper bearing
2)Laminated copper
bearing
b)For girder bridge
1)Lead bearing
2)Rubber bearing
3)Slide plate bearing
with curved top plate
4) Neoprene bearing
5)Bearing for
submersible bridge
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CH:- 11 MAINTENANCE
OF BRIDGE

62. Factors affecting deterioration:
 Defective design of bridge
 Poor quality of construction materials
 Poor quality control during construction
 Effect of water on the parts in contact with water
 Resistance to weathering effects
 Temperature changes
 Movement of vehicles heavier than the design load
 Miscellaneous factors like flood,earthquake,etc.
 Negligence to minor defects.
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63. Various inspection were carried out to prevent
deterioration are:
 Inspection of foundation
 Inspection of substructure
 Inspection of superstructure
 Inspection of approach road
 Inspection of bearings
 Inspection of waterway
 Inspection of protection works
 Inspection about scouring
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64.  Weakening of foundation : In such case, the bridge
should be closed for traffic. By underpinning
technique the foundation should be strengthened
by providing grillage foundation or pile foundation.
 Erosion of foundation: If erosion is substantial,
urgent repair is required. The soil surrounding the
old foundation is excavated and new concrete bed
is provided. If depth of scour is more sheet piles
are driven around the old foundation.
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65.  Damage flooring and approaches: In case of
cement concrete road , if the wearing surface of
road is worm out due to heavy traffic and
reinforcement bars are visible , it is visible to
provide a new layer of cement concrete or
bituminous concrete.
 Defects in bearings: For effective functioning of
bearing following care is to be taken:
 Cleaning of bearing regularly
 Regular lubrication
 There should not be cracks in the bearing
 It should be free from corrosion.
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67. Purpose of inspection report:
 To get the information regarding damage to the
various components.
 To prepare an estimate of repair
 To know the cause of damage
 To decide the importance of works of repair
 To make arrangement of funds for repair
Necessity of inspection report:
 Inspection report is necessary to decide the
requirement of skilled and unskilled labours
machinery machinery and equipments.
 To make alternative planning for diversion of traffic
in advance.
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