Sentences with phrase «span railway bridges»

The triangular supports, a common feature of shorter - span railway bridges, give the deck greater rigidity, which dissipates, or distributes, both compression and tension forces.

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Tankers exiting the Kinder Morgan Westridge Terminal in Burnaby must thread the narrow spans of the CN Railway bridge in Second Narrows, only at the highest tides, and only during daylight hours.

Overall, the study finds that elastic rail pads, soft baseplates, and UBMS are most suitable for short - span bridges, relying on a range of materials such as elastic materials, chloroprene rubber, or polymeric compounds to provide reduce railway stiffness.

And so it has been with railway and metro bridges that span waterways.

Seven bridges, in addition to two railway bridges, span the divide.