girders
Structural support beams
Girders are large horizontal beams that form the primary support structure in bridges, buildings, and other constructions.
They bear the weight of floors, roofs, or roadways, transferring loads to vertical supports like columns or piers.
Steel I-beams are the most common type, though girders can also be made of wood or concrete: The bridge's steel girders spanned the river.
Structural support member
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- spanDistance between endpoints
crossbeam · I-beam · H-beam · joist · rafter · cantilever · trestle · lattice
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- ironElement twenty-six
- alloyMetallic combination
- galvanizedStimulated into sudden activity
- rustIron oxide coating
corrosion · tensile · strength · metallurgy · welding · forging · smelting · foundry
Act of building upward
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- craneLifter or wader
- hoistRaise with tackle
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
installation · assembly · bolting · riveting · welding · fitting · lifting · placement
Distance between endpoints
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- overpassBridge spanning a road
- viaductArched span crossing valleys
- trestleBraced structural support frame
abutment · pier · deck · roadway · railway · footbridge · arch · cable-stayed
beam
Structural support member
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
span · crossbeam · I-beam · H-beam · joist · rafter · cantilever · trestle · lattice · support
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- ironElement twenty-six
- alloyMetallic combination
- galvanizedStimulated into sudden activity
rust · corrosion · tensile · strength · metallurgy · welding · forging · smelting · foundry · rolled
erection
Act of building upward
scaffolding · installation · assembly · bolting · riveting · welding · fitting · lifting · placement · blueprint
span
Distance between endpoints
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- overpassBridge spanning a road
- viaductArched span crossing valleys
trestle · abutment · pier · deck · roadway · railway · footbridge · arch · cable-stayed · crossing
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, cranes
- construction materialscement, lumber, brick, bricks, stone
- structureshouse, bridge, buildings, dome, building
- civil engineeringbridges, highways, tunnels, foundations, dams
- construction termsbrick, steel, concrete, timber, stone
- steel girderStructural metal support beam