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The Astoria–Megler Bridge is North America's longest continuous truss bridge.Smaller continuous truss bridge over the Illinois River at Lacon, IllinoisThe Kingston-Rhinecliff BridgeThe Sciotoville Bridge (1916), the first continuous truss bridge in the United States.
A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge that extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. A continuous truss bridge may use less material than a series of simple trusses because a continuous truss distributes live loads across all the spans; in a series of simple trusses, each truss must be capable of supporting the entire load.[1]
Although some continuous truss bridges resemble cantilever bridges and may be constructed using cantilever techniques, there are essential differences between the two forms. Cantilever bridges need not connect rigidly mid-span, as the cantilever arms are self-supporting. Although some cantilever bridges appear continuous due to decorative trusswork at the joints, these bridges will remain standing if the connections between the cantilevers are broken or the suspended span (if any) is removed. Conversely, continuous truss bridges rely on rigid truss connections throughout the structure for stability. Severing a continuous truss mid-span endangers the structure, as exemplified by the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024. However, continuous truss bridges do not experience the tipping forces that a cantilever bridge must resist because the main span of a continuous truss bridge is supported at both ends.
The result of collapse of a continuous truss bridge (the Francis Scott Key Bridge).
It is possible to convert a series of simple truss spans into a continuous truss. For example, the northern approach to the Golden Gate Bridge was initially constructed as a series of five simple truss spans. In 2001, a seismic retrofit project connected the five spans into a single continuous truss bridge.
^Adams, Charles Kendall, ed. (1909). "Bridges". Universal Cyclopædia and Atlas. New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 168. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
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