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The Maidenhead Railway Bridge may have the two longest arches made of bricks, 39 metres (128 ft). Building new masonry arch bridges today is a solely Chinese business. There are 18 stone arch bridges with spans exceeding 100 m (330 ft). [1] There are probably several dozens of stone arches exceeding 40m in the Fujian province only. [2]
The bridge connects the two parts of the city of Mostar, spanning the Neretva River. It consists of a single humpbacked arch with a 27-meter span, 4 meters in width, and 30 meters in length. The bridge was constructed using advanced architectural techniques and materials, enabling it to withstand centuries of conflict, except for the most ...
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If the spandrel is solid, usually the case in a masonry or stone arch bridge, the bridge is called a closed-spandrel deck arch bridge. If the deck is supported by a number of vertical columns rising from the arch, the bridge is known as an open-spandrel deck arch bridge. The Alexander Hamilton Bridge is an example of an open-spandrel arch bridge.
Colorado Street Bridge, an example of a false skew arch. The strength of a regular arch (also known as a "square" or "right" arch) comes from the fact that the mass of the structure and its superincumbent load cause lines of force that are carried by the stones into the ground and the abutments without producing any tendency for the stones to slide with respect to one another.
The name "Drukken" steps derives from a person's gait as they stepped from stone to stone whilst crossing the Red Burn. Seven or more stones were originally set in the Red Burn which was much wider than in 2009. [3] Burns himself used the Scots spelling "Drucken" rather than "Drukken". [4] The ruins of the Drukken Steps are in the Eglinton ...
Jincheon Nongdari Bridge is South Korea's oldest stone bridge. [1] Located in Jincheon County , North Chungcheong Province , this 93-meter long and 3.6-6m wide bridge was built over Sesecheon Stream on the orders of General Lim during the time of the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392).
Stone Bridge (Estonia), former bridge in Tartu, Estonia; Stone Bridge (Arkansas River), in Chaffee County, Colorado; Stone Bridge, Chelmsford, across the River Can in Essex, England; Jincheon Nongdari Bridge stone bridge in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, over 1000 years old, constructed solely of stones (no binding material used, just ...