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The structure of arch bridges fixes and supports the arc-shaped main members in the horizontal direction at both ends, and the bridge consists of a deck ... Bridges Archbridges Thestructureofarchbridgesfixesandsupportsthearc-shapedmainmembersinthehorizontaldirectionatbothends,andthebridgeconsistsofadeckarch,ahalf-througharch,andathrougharch,whicharenamedfortheirpositionsrelativetothegirders.Ingeneral,archbridgesarestructuredtoguideallforcestothearchribsandsupporthorizontalreactionsontheground,orhaveatiedarchstructurethatmakesthegirdersontheroadsurfacebearthehorizontalreactionsproducedatbothsupportingpoints.TiedarchbridgesincludetheLanger,Lohse,andNielsentypes.Theappliedspansaregenerallyabout50to170meters,andthelongestarchbridgeintheworldistheShanghaiLupuBridge,withaneffectivespanof550meters.JFEEngineeringhasmanufacturedanderectedmanyarchbridgestodate. Constructionexamples Name MarumoriBridge Yearcompleted 2010 Bridgetype Archbridge Client MiyagiPrefecture Bridgelength 387m Features 3-spancontinuousbracedtiedarchbridge Name WaguuraBridge Yearcompleted 2004 Bridgetype Archbridge Client MiePrefecture Bridgelength 234m Features ・Nielsen-Lohsegirder ・Marinesingle-operationerectionusingbarge Name ShinkitakamiBridge(front),[KitakamiBridge(back)] Yearcompleted 2003,(1938) Bridgetype 3-spancontinuousbalancedtiedarchbridge Throughtypetiedarchbridge Client IwatePrefecture Bridgelength 482m,(204m) Name TenshoBridge Yearcompleted 2002 Bridgetype DecktypeLangerbridge Client Watarai-cho,MiePrefecture Bridgelength 90m Features Weather-resistantsteelexposedtype Name KushimotoBridge Yearcompleted 1999 Bridgetype Half-throughtype2-hingedarchbridge Client WakayamaPrefecture Bridgelength 290m Name TsurumigawaBridge Yearcompleted 1997 Bridgetype Nielsenbridge Client YokohamaCity Bridgelength 120m Features ・Roadbridge ・ModernarchbridgeconstructedovertheoldTokaidoRoad Name IzuminoLineLoopNo.4Flyover Yearcompleted 1997 Bridgetype Nielselbridge Client SagamiRailwayCo.,Ltd. Bridgelength 60m Features Railwaybridge Name ShinnagayamaBridge Yearcompleted 1996 Bridgetype Nielsenbridge,etc. Client Hokkaido Bridgelength 377m Name JogakuraBridge Yearcompleted 1994 Bridgetype Decktype2-hingedarchbridge Client AomoriPrefecture Bridgelength 360m Features Weather-resistantsteelexposedtype Name BansuiBridge Yearcompleted 1932 Bridgetype Decktype3-spanbalancedarchbridge Client HomeMinistryTokyoBranchOfficeofBureauofCivilWorks Bridgelength 128m Name UmayaBridge Yearcompleted 1929 Bridgetype Triplethroughtypetiedarchbridge Client TokyoCity Bridgelength 151m RelatedtechnologyShort-periodconstructionofbridgesRapiderectiontechnologyformulti-levelcrossingbridgesDesignandconstructionofsteel/concretecompositedeckslabbridges Bridges Girderbridges Suspensionbridges Cable-stayedbridges Trussbridges Archbridges Rigid-frame(Ramen)bridges Compositedeckslabbridges I-shapedsteelgratingdeckslabs Monorailsandnewtransportationsystems Coastalstructures HybridcaissonsandL-shapedcaissons(forquays) Jackets(forpiers) Jackets(breakwaters,wavedissipaters) Steelcaissons,L-shapedcaissons(forlandreclamationandbankprotection,bulkheadbankprotection) Hybridpontoons,steelpontoons Hybridimmersedtunnelelements Jackettypeartificialground Hybridtideembankments