Design of a Single Track, Through, Pin-connected Pratt Truss: Length 160 feet, 8 panels
Author
Coulter, Bolling Weisiger
Subject
BS degree, Civil Engineering
Trusses -- Design and construction
Truss bridges -- Design and construction
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I have taken the design of a single track through railway bridge, having pin connected trusses of the Pratt type with straight upper chord. The span is 160 feet, divided into 8 panels each 20 feet long. The depth is 30 feet and the distance center to center of trusses is 17 feet. The design was made in accordance with the general specifications of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. Bridge specifications of 1908. [From Introduction]