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District:Nalaikh

School: “Erdmiin orgil complex” school


English teacher :Ts. Naranbayr
Warm up:
Today is the 22nd of November

Thursday

Type of bridges
Goal :

• Students will
be able to
know type of
bridges
Bridges,
bridges,
bridges!
Some bridges are made out of
stone.
This stone bridge crosses a
pond.
This stone bridge crosses a
river.
Some bridges are made
out of wood.
Iron bridge at
cragside,
Northumberland

Some bridges are made from metal.


This very old bridge is made from Iron.
This is a concrete bridge.
Thomas Telford's Suspension Bridge
across the Menai Straits, North
Wales.

This is a suspension bridge.


Tower
bridge

This is a famous bridge in London.


Sydney harbour
bridge

This is a famous suspension bridge in


Australia.
Brooklyn bridge

This is a famous suspension bridge in


America. It has stone pillars.
Golden Gate bridge, San
Francisco

This is another famous suspension


bridge in America. It is made from
Middlesbrough transporter
bridge

This is a transporter
This road bridge crosses a
This is a pedestrian bridge.
This is the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle.
192
8

The Tyne Bridge was built a long time


ago.
1876

This is the Swing Bridge in Newcastle. It is a hydraulic


bridge. It can turn. It is older than the Tyne Bridge.
This is the Millenium
Bridge. It is much
newer than the Tyne
Bridge.
The Millenium bridge
can tilt to let the
boats through.
BRIDGES!!!!
Bridge Material
 Timber
 Concrete
 Steel
Arch Bridges
Bixby Creek Bridge, Monterey, CA

 Arch bridges are one of the


oldest types of bridges

 Modern arch bridges span between


200-800 feet

 The structure is completely unstable until the


two spans meet in the middle.

 Have great natural strength.


Beam Bridge
 A beam or "girder" bridge is
the simplest & most inexpensive
bridge.
 Rarely span more than 250 feet.
 In its most basic form, a beam bridge consists
of a horizontal beam that is supported at each
end by piers. The weight of the beam pushes
straight down on the piers.
 When a load pushes down on the beam, the
beam's top edge is pushed together
(compression) while the bottom edge is
stretched (tension).
Beam Bridge

 Lake Ponchartrain Causeway,


Louisiana
 The world's longest bridge is a continuous
span beam bridge.
 Almost 24 miles long
 Consists of two, two-lane sections that run
parallel to one another.
 The Southbound Lane, completed in 1956, is
made up of 2243 separate spans,
 The Northbound Lane, completed in 1969, is
pieced together from 1500 longer spans.
Suspension Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA

 Aesthetic, light, and strong


 Can span 2,000 to 7,000 feet
-- longer than any
other kind.
 Also tend to be the most expensive.
 Suspends the roadway from huge
main cables, which extend from one end of
the bridge to the other.
These cables rest on top of high towers and
are secured at each end by anchorages.
 Most of the weight of the bridge is carried by the
cables to the anchorages,
 Anchorages are imbedded in either solid rock or
Exercise :Read the article and complete the
definitions with the words below
Exercise : Read the text and
answer .What type of bridges is it ?
Exercise : Read the text again
and answer the question

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