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Bridge Webquest

Answer each of the following questions in sentence form and write down the Web-Address that you used for each question.

1.       What is the name of the bridge with the longest span in the world?

2.       What type of bridge is it?

3.       What is the name of the bridge between Prescott and the US?

4.       What is the name of the longest bridge crossing a body of water?

5.       Define truss

6.       Draw a diagram for each:

Warren truss

Pratt truss

Howe truss

Town-lattice truss

Baltimore truss

7.       What is the name of the longest truss bridge in the world?

8.       What is its length?

9.       Where is it located?

10.     Find three different web-sites (not ones used above), and describe why they are useful in the bridge research part of your assignment.

11.     Research different popsicle stick bridge solutions on the net (find as a minimum one site).