What does GP stand for?

Gusset Plates (steel trusses)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The lawsuits allege that San Francisco-based URS was negligent for failing to identify problems with the bridge, including a locked roller bearing and too-thin gusset plates connecting bridge beams.

Largest group of Minn. bridge victims sues 2 firms

The ends of the prefabricated stay cables will be raised to the gusset plates and fixed with a bolt, thus creating a hinge that effectively solves the problem of attaching the cables very closely to the tower surface.

Korean curves: in preparation for its hosting of the 2012 Expo, the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board attributed the cause of the collapse to the thinness of steel gusset plates holding bridge beams together.

Minn. fund makes offers to bridge collapse victims

One-half-inch steel gusset plates that tied beams together on the I-35W bridge were half the thickness they should have been to maintain structural integrity, investigators determined.

Report: Design firm dropped ball; Minneapolis bridge collapse; ...

was closed for repairs after an inspection found advanced rust on gusset plates.

United States: Bridge repairs nearly done

The technical advisory clarifies that State highway officials should include gusset plates when calculating the load capacity on the Nation's 13,000 steel truss bridges.

States advised to check gusset plates on steel bridges

Although hand stenciling is the most practical way to mark one-of-a-kind primary bridge members, the use of hand stenciling on high-quantity primary and non-stress secondary bridge members, including gusset plates, lacing bars and diaphragms, can be burdensome.

Portable, programmable marker replaces costly hand-stamping: parts ...

The National Transportation Safety Board attributed the cause of the collapse to the thinness of steel gusset plates holding bridge beams together.

Minn. fund makes offers to bridge collapse victims