Investigation of a Highway Bridge

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Excerpt from Investigation of a Highway Bridge: ThesisThe bridge which is the subject of investigation in the fol lowing thesis is located in the city of Danville, Vermillion Coun ty, Illinois. It forms the Gilbert Street crossing of the Vermil lion river, and is about one half mile west of the center of the business section.The bridge was erected in 1897 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works. Through the courtesy of this company detail drawings were secured for use in computing the weights of the different units the summary of which will be given in the tables of Article 4. These tables will be used for determining the dead loads. The live load for which the bridge was designed will be determined in Article 5. In computing the weights ordinary methods of bridge analysis will be used. The positive sign will be used to denote tension and the negative sign to denote compression.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.