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Plate girder

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a girder, the web of which is formed of a single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates riveted together.

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Orthotropic steel bridges may include suspension, cable-stayed, plate girder, box girder, arch, all movable types, truss, floating, and pedestrian.
The first is to fabricate 195 plate girders for Burntisland Fabricators, of Fife, for a well head deck module and the second is to make 327 plate girders for Heerema at Hartlepool for a utilities module.
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