Civil Engineering Terms Free Download

BASEMENT MATERIAL: The material in excavation or embankment underlying the lowest
layer of subbase, base, pavement, surfacing or other specified layer which is to be placed on.
BEAM: A horizontal structural member designed to resist loads which bend it.
BRIDGE: A single or multiple span structure, including supports, erected over a depression
or an obstruction such as water, a highway or railway and having a track or passageway for
carrying traffic.
BRIDGE BEARING: The support at the bridge pier or abutment, which carries the weight of
a bridge.
BRIDGE DECK: The load-bearing floor of a bridge, that carries and spreads the loads to the
main beams.