A concrete girder bridge pier during construction prior to installation of the bridge deck and parapets consisting of multiple angled pylons for support bottom a horizontal concrete cap center and girders top with temporary wood bracing the substructure is made of multiple parts as well.
Concrete girder floor beam bridge.
The ponte morandi was a cable stayed bridge characterised by a prestressed concrete structure for the piers pylons and deck very few stays as few as two per span and a hybrid system for the stays constructed from steel cables with prestressed concrete shells poured on.
Girder is basically a beam which supports other smaller beams and acts as the main horizontal support of a structure.
90012 southern california regional rail authority precast prestressed concrete double box beam bridges for engineering standards drawing index with driven steel h pile foundations 33 double box beams on precast concrete caps sheet showing section or detail cut sheet showing section or detail.
Unlike beams girders are designed to support major concentrated loads such as columns or beam reactions and their load bearing capacity is much greater than beams.
Pctg pedestrian bridges comprise precast prestressed concrete girders connected by cast in place reinforced concrete floor beams and a cast in place deck.