Objective of Civil Engineering

Origin from the fata and have spend my childhood there have deep impact on my
understanding and sleeting the course. The interest in structure and want to know
the reason behind is from my origin. I was interested in the structural design of
bridges made by the local over the rivers and the towers made at each house for
protection. From that point I was interested in knowing the logic behind the
towers and bridges and later became my compassion to choose the subjects.

After taking the subject and my course of profession, the objective became clearer
and the desire to understand the logic became widened in BUITEMS. From this
course I want be able to understand the structural design, construction, surveys
and the logic behind buildings and construction sites.
Steel Bridges Introduction
Steel is widely used all around the world for different construction purposes and
among those bridges are one. The reason behind choosing steel for the bridges is
that they have the strong sustainable future for maintaining that position. All over
the world, steel has set that example for their strong future is that none of bridge
hasn’t yet fall or damaged. There are also some example of steel based bridges in
Pakistan which are yet standing among us.

Iconic steel bridge

Some of the impressive and visible bended steel bridges are well known all over
the world that give a visible sense of their stiffness and long-lasting ability. These
are based in different structure, design and construction and like Arch bridges.
Chaotianmen bridge in China, New river Gorge Bridge in Spain, Bayonne Bridge
in New York and Ayub Bridge in Sukkur Pakistan are the famous Iconic steel
bridge in world.
Ayub Arch Bridge
A famous Railway bridge in Pakistan, named after the Field Marshal Muhammad
Ayub Khan, the President of Pakistan. The bridge is based on Arch design,
bended, with one of the toughest materials known as Steel. The steel is still
performing its core function well and in strong position. Not a single flaw yet
showed by the iconic bridge.

Structure and Demographics

The bridge is situated between Rohri and Sukkur in Sindh province and the
construction of the bridge was started in 1959. The project was completed in May
1962. The bridge is made with Iron and steel. Considering the dimensions of the
bridge the total length is 806 feet, height is 247 feet and the track gauge is based
on 1676 of train load-bearing rails. The bridge is situated over the Indus river.
The designer of the bridge was David B Steinman and was only designed for
Railway traffic. The structuring of was Arch bridge and Truss Arch bridge and
both the deck and arch are made up of steel.

The Ayub bridge is constructed just aside Lansdowne Bridge to move the railway
traffic to each bridge equally. The two half arches formed for supporting deck to
cables and was one of the first bridge that hold the railway desk with wire. The
bridges are so close that for distance they look as one bridge.