arch bridge
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Key facts
- Span range
- short, but often set end-to-end to form a large total length
- Material
- masonry , concrete , wrought iron , cast iron , timber , structural steel
- Movable
- No
- Design effort
- Low
- Falsework required
- Yes
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- Arch bridges
- OpenStreetMap tag
- bridge:structure=arch
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An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of this bridge and its loads partially as horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either end, and partially as vertical loads on the arch supports. A viaduct (a long bridge) may be made from a series of arches, although other, more economical structures are typically used today.
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