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Originally posted by Lanotom
Bush is in Austria tomorrow. Is that far enough away?
j/k
Originally posted by Lanotom
The president will travel from Topeka to Manhattan, where he will deliver a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University.
www.kansascity.com...
Originally posted by Lanotom
Hey, read my first post in this thread. If FEMA was scheduled to be in any of these cities tomorrow then I would worry, but since they are not then leave it as a fun rumor.
Originally posted by MagicPriest420
Does bush have any military bunkers located in the areas surronding kansas,were he can go incase of emergency.
Originally posted by PopeyeFAFL
The Papineau-Leblanc bridge from Laval (North shore) to Montréal is a suspension bridge:
bilan.usherbrooke.ca...
A typical cable stayed bridge (illustration #1 & 2) is a continuous girder with one or more towers erected above piers in the middle of the span. From these towers, cables stretch down diagonally (usually to both sides) and support the girder.
Of all the bridge types in use today, the suspension bridge allows for the longest spans. At first glance the suspension and cable-stayed bridges may look similar, but they are quite different. Though suspension bridges are leading long span technology today, they are in fact a very old form of bridge. Some primitive examples of suspension bridges use vines and ropes for cables.
A typical suspension bridge (illustration #1) is a continuous girder with one or more towers erected above piers in the middle of the span. The girder itself it usually a truss or box girder though in shorter spans, plate girders are not uncommon. At both ends of the bridge large anchors or counter weights are placed to hold the ends of the cables.
The main cables are stretched from one anchor over the tops of the tower(s) and attached to the opposite anchor. The cables pass over a special structure known as a saddle (illustration #2.) The saddle allows the cables to slide as loads pull from one side or the other and to smoothly transfer the load from the cables to the tower.