steel girder

collocation in English

meaningsofsteelandgirder

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steel
noun[U]
uk
/stiːl/us
/stiːl/
a strong metal that is a mixture of iron and carbon, used for making things that need a strong structure, especially vehicles ...
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girder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡɜː.dər/us
/ˈɡɝː.dɚ/
a long, thick piece of metal or concrete, etc. that supports a roof, floor, bridge, or other ...
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(Definition ofsteelandgirderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is not one of seeing a thicksteelgirderrunning through a building.
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Legislation provides that a vehicle carrying a longsteelgirderor an old boat must have a police outrider, back and front.
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My own trade has been that of a constructionalsteelgirdererector, a trade in which accidents are very frequent.
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The main span is a 1309ft m long, ten-spansteelgirdersystem, supported by reinforced concrete piers and concrete bin abutments.
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The highrise section, the western end of the bridge, is composed of multiplesteelgirderspans.
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Completed in 1967 to replace an earlier span bearing the same name, the highway bridge has asteelgirderdesign.
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This bridge was replaced by a concrete andsteelgirderbridge in the 1960s, and the remains of the wooden supports are still visible today.
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However, it was not until 1926, the year this bridge was built, that the department began encasing thesteelgirderwebs in concrete.
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Its longest length is asteelgirderviaduct built on reinforced concrete piers, and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design.
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Construction of the 155 m longsteelgirderacross the river itself used five 31 m spans supported on four sets of piers.
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The largesteelgirdersections were partially pre-assembled, then floated into place on construction barges.
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Asteelgirderwith railings allowed workers to walk and ride the car during tests.
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The overpasses along the road consisted ofsteelgirderbridges and through plate girder bridges.
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More than 100 years later, that bridge was itself replaced by asteelgirderbridge in 1984, still using the old pillars.
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The 1965 bridge, asteelgirderbridge, was subject to scouring from the inlet, leading to the need to replace it.
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In the 1950s asteelgirderbridge was built to replace the truss bridge.
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The eighth and present version of the bridge is a continuoussteelgirderstructure, completed in 1939 on piers dating from the 1870s.
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Built at a cost of $80,000, this was the first building in town to usesteelgirderconstruction.
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It was rebuilt around 1997 with asteelgirderframe.
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