. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast. 46 The Architect and Engineer. The Architect and Engineer 47 anchor arms at either end, and supported 1>\ solid concrete walls restingon firm soil several feet below the bed of tin creek I ! eights are obtained by utilizing the end retaining walls through anchors fromeach girder into the wall. The railing is of concn-u- casl in place and tiedto the parapet with short anchor rods. The roadway i- of asphalt,inches thick. The bridge shown in figure 5 is of the same general type structurally asthe one just described. It is consider
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast. 46 The Architect and Engineer. The Architect and Engineer 47 anchor arms at either end, and supported 1>\ solid concrete walls restingon firm soil several feet below the bed of tin creek I ! eights are obtained by utilizing the end retaining walls through anchors fromeach girder into the wall. The railing is of concn-u- casl in place and tiedto the parapet with short anchor rods. The roadway i- of asphalt,inches thick. The bridge shown in figure 5 is of the same general type structurally asthe one just described. It is considerably smaller, however,, and it was foundpossible to economically use a slab without girders. The central span is 24feet in the clear, the anchor arms 10 feet 6 inches in the char. The slab is14 inches thick, reinforced top and bottom. The door is carried byconcrete walls which are \y2 feet thick at the top and taper to 2 feet at thebottom, with a footing of 2l/2 feet. This is the fundamental type of theanchor arm bridge. It will be noted that this type permits of very simplefoundation work
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