Gusset plate
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In structural engineering and construction, a gusset plate is a plate for connecting beams and girders to columns. A gusset plate can be fastened to a permanent member either by bolts, rivets or weldi
Gusset plate used on the I-35W Mississippi River bridge, which collapsed in 2007
Gusset plates securing riveted criss-crossing steel beams of the Eiffel Tower
A KT gusset plate
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River one-half mile downstream from the Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapo
Gusset plate
…connection of the last remaining member can be through either bolts or welds. The most notable bridge failure due to gusset plates is the collapse of I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 1, 2007. Investigators found that the bridge had 16 under-designed gusset plates that fractured and ripped, and that the remaining gusset…
Bridge 9340 in May 2006, one year prior to collapse
I 35W bridge structure before collapse
Bridge as seen from above after the collapse
South end of I-35W bridge as seen from West River Parkway