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The bridge consists of three sections, two of which act as cantilever supports for the third centre section. The two outer cantilever sections each rest on two supports. The centre span of the bridge rests between these two cantilever bridge sections, leaving it suspended and free from a mechanical ground. A load cell is located at one of the connection points between the outer and centre sections, this measures the force being transmitted between the two sections.

1. Demonstration of a suspended centre span bridge 2. Reaction forces due to uniformly distributed loads and point loadings 3. Influence line for the reaction force of a centre span bridge

This experiment has the following properties: Ability to show mechanical principles of a centre span bridge Ability to show reaction forces at the supports via three load cells covering half of the bridges span Point loads, uniformly distributed loads (UDL) and rolling loads can be applied to the bridge