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bridge (structure)
bridge structure built over water or any obstacle or depression to allow the passage of pedestrians or vehicles. See also viaduct . Early Bridges In ancient times and among primitive peoples a log was thrown across a stream, or two vines or woven fibrous ropes (the upper for a handhold and the... Read more |
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Bridges
BRIDGES BRIDGES. Bridges have been essential to America's growth, and countless types were devised to carry highways, railroads, and even canals. Location, materials, cost, traffic, and the ingenuity and creativity of bridge engineers all have influenced the evolution of American bridge... Read more |
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Bering Land Bridge
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Triborough Bridge
Triborough Bridge New York City, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens. Completed in 1936, it comprises three separate sections—a bridge crossing the East River, a bridge spanning the Harlem River, and a fixed bridge across the Bronx Hills. Including the viaducts that... Read more |
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Battle of Stirling Bridge
Stirling Bridge, battle of, 1297. Edward I's victory at Dunbar in 1296 did not keep Scotland subdued for long. On 11 September 1297 a large English army, under John de Warenne, earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham, was caught by William Wallace crossing a narrow bridge over the Forth near... Read more |
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Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge vehicular suspension bridge, New York City, across the Narrows at the entrance to New York harbor, linking the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island. Designed by O. H. Ammann , the bridge was completed in 1964. It is the longest suspension bridge in the United States,... Read more |
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Suspension Bridge
Suspension Bridge In a suspension bridge, the traffic-carrying deck is supported by a series of wire ropes that hang from massive cables draped between tall towers. The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco are two of the most famous... Read more |
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Milvian Bridge
Milvian Bridge or Mulvian Bridge, Latin Pons Milvius or Pons Mulvius. It was built by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 109 BC over the Tiber near Rome as part of the Flaminian Way . By defeating Maxentius here in AD 312, Constantine I became the unchallenged ruler of the West. It was here that... Read more |
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Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, erected across the en-trance of the harbor at San Francisco, California, at a cost of approximately $35 million, by the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, created by the California legislature (1923, 1928). The bridge links San Francisco... Read more |
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