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- Done by
- mohammed alsgaf
- Abdulaziz al toukhi
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- Arch bridge
- Beam bridge
- Suspension bridge
- Cable-stayed bridge
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- Old type of bridges
- Very strong
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- The simplest type
- Inexpensive type
- It consists of a beam and piers
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- light, and strong
- can span distances from 2,000 to 7000 ft
- The longest type of bridges
- Most expensive
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- similar to suspensions bridges
- The difference lies in how the cables are connected to the tower
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- In 1991 the Denmark and Swedish governments agreed to build a bridge to
connect the two countries and they started it in 1994
- At 6 am on August 14, 1999
the final section of the Oresund bridge was placed in position
- The project opened to traffic during the summer of 2000.
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- It is a cable stayed building
- 16 km long
- Connects the danish capital
of Copenhagen with the swedish city of Malmö
- 204 m tower
- Its weight is 82 million kg
- cost some $ 2.5 billion and took five years to complete
- more than 4,500 people were working in the sight
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- A tunnel connects Copenhagen to the artificial island, where the bridge
begins
- rail and road tunnel, four
kilometres in length, plunges beneath the earth.
- the tunnel contains two tracks for trains, a four-lane highway for cars
and several escape routes
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- 20 massive block for the tunnel
- Bigest level ysed to carry blocks
- Blocks and beams wear already designed
- They used artificial ice land called Peberholm
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- http://www.ittbuildingtrades.com/casestories/case_38%20copy.PDF
- http://bridgepros.com/projects/Oresund%20Bridge/
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/build.html
- http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=40rvlksb4c0gs?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Oresund+Bridge&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc03a
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