Every Kind of Bridge Explained in 15 Minutes
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Published 2024-05-21
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Errata: At 9:25, Edmonton is in Alberta, not Saskatchewan.
Without listing every bridge, there’s no true way to list every type of bridge. There’s too much nuance, creativity, and mixing and matching designs. But that’s part of the joy of paying attention to bridges. Once you understand the basics, you can start to puzzle out the more interesting details.
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All Comments (21)
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"Oh, you like bridges? Name every bridge." "O.K."
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The best thing that can happen. You have a bad day, you open YouTube and see "Every Kind of Bridge Explained in 15 Minutes - 3 minutes ago"
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Me playing poly bridge: "Y'know I'm something of a bridge engineer myself".
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3:36 i heard what you did there! “… to keep the structural elements truss-worthy”
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You know what this needs.... A Bridge Reviewwwwww!
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Now that's what I call a proper Bridge Review
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At my previous engineering company, I created a short presentation about the component of bridges, mostly to tell the other engineers who did not work on bridges, such as a drainage engineer or traffic engineers, and had a section on the types of bridges. My final category was simply titled , "complex combination or as we bridge guys say, headaches"
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It feels like someone pulled a "Oh you like civil engineering? Name every kind of bridge" and this was Grady's response.
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So much to talk about! It feels like this video was abridged.
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Just finished "Engineering in plain sight" and passed it on to my niece. Thank you!
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I had to chuckle as a native Pittsburgher. So many different kinds of bridges in one city.
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My favourite type: Ethernet bridge
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@RealCivilEngineer will really love this video.
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Akashi Kaikyo Bridge: Twin hinge three span continuous stiffen truss girder suspension bridge with a double tower system. I can now impress my friends in Kobe Japan with that knowledge. Thank you Grady.
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As a native Pittsburgher, I recognized every single bridge that's in Pittsburgh that came on the screen. If you love bridges you can absolutely eat your heart out, so to speak, in Pittsburgh! You gotta love the City of Bridges!
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As a bridge design engineer in Pittsburgh, this gave all the warm and fuzzies. I keep your book right next to my AISC manual👷♂️
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The lentil trivia fact blew my mind more than anything in this video
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Here's a drinking game for you: take a shot every time a bridge from the Pittsburgh area is displayed in this video
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The Dutch highway administration refers to their bridges as artworks. As an artist who was making an animated video for them, I was thoroughly confused about what they meant for quite a while
