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Bridges
  • Done by
  • mohammed alsgaf
  • Abdulaziz al toukhi
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Types of bridges
  • Arch bridge
  • Beam bridge
  • Suspension bridge
  • Cable-stayed bridge
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Arch bridge
  • Old type of bridges
  • Very strong
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Beam bridges
  • The simplest type
  • Inexpensive type
  • It consists of a beam and piers
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Suspension cable bridges
  • light, and strong
  • can span distances from 2,000 to 7000 ft
  • The longest type of bridges
  • Most expensive


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Cable-stayed bridges
  • similar to suspensions bridges
  • The difference lies in how the cables are connected to the tower


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History ofOresund Bridge
  • 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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General info. Of Oresund bridge
  • 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..."
  • 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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construction
  • 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://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