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girderIn building construction, a large main supporting beam, commonly of steel or reinforced concrete, that carries a heavy transverse (crosswise) load. In a floor system, beams and joists transfer their loads to the girders, which in turn frame into the columns. girder Botany the structure composed of tissue providing mechanical support for a stem or leaf How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The bridge itself appealed to the Jury due to its physical and notional straightforwardness; a quality that is evident in the architect's description: a simply supported box girder, 25m in span. Throughout his career, Wagh has been involved in large, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects, including bridge rehabilitation and replacement designs of long-span, suspension and cable-stayed bridges, arch bridges, reinforced concrete box girder bridges and moveable bridges. Habbal also said that a suspension bridge can be built faster, so its construction would disrupt community traffic less than construction of a box girder bridge. |
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