A beam or "girder" bridge is the simplest and most inexpensive kind of bridge. According to Craig Finley of Finley/McNary Engineering, "they're basically the vanillas of the bridge world." ...

known as the Timber Bridge, above Manhattan's Dyer Avenue. Made from 163 beams of Alaskan yellow cedar sourced from British Columbia, Canada, the new bridge is one half of a new connector that's ...

8) Influence lines, complex structures. Gerber beam; arches and suspension bridges; determination of maximum influence using influence lines; examples; a non-famous Gerber beam. 9) Simple trusses: ...