
Bridges

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| Volume 27, Issue 2
The Dreibelbis Station Bridge, spanning Maiden Creek south of Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania. was constructed with a Burr Arch truss, which employs both an arch and a multiple kingpost truss design. These types of trusses were invented in 1804 by Theodore Burr.
While framed timber bridges…