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  2. List of bridges in Greece - Wikipedia

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    Only Classical Greece bridge still in good conditions: 9 m (30 ft) ... "Design and Construction Challenges in the section Panagia-Grevena of Egnatia Odos" (PDF) (in ...

  3. Masonry bridge - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Pier (bridge structure) - Wikipedia

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    Gien Bridge (Loiret, France) – Masonry piers, protected downstream here by backwaters. In masonry bridge piers, there is a resistant part and a filling part: [ 6 ] The periphery of the shafts over a certain thickness constitutes the resistant part, made of dressed stones in the angles and squared or even rough stones.

  5. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    As building materials, they used bones such as mammoth ribs, hide, stone, metal, bark, bamboo, and animal dung. Pre-historic men also used bricks and lime plaster as building materials. [7] For example, mud bricks and clay mortar dated to 9000 BC were found in Jericho. These mudbricks were formed with the hands rather than wooden moulds and ...

  6. Brig o' Doon - Wikipedia

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    The word brig is Scots for "bridge", hence the Brig o' Doon is the "Bridge of Doon". [2] The bridge is thought to have been built in the early fifteenth century. According to John R. Hume, the bridge was built by James Kennedy, who died in 1465, but the first recorded mention was in 1512. [3] The bridge was described as "ruinous" in 1593. [4]

  7. Metal Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Metal Bridge may refer to: Metal Bridge, Cumbria; Metal Bridge, County Durham ...

  8. Pont Saint-Bénézet - Wikipedia

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    An uneducated shepherd, Bénézet (born c.1165 - died c 1184, feast day 14 April, patron saint of bridge builders) claimed that he was divinely commanded by Jesus in a vision to build the bridge at a point where the force of the Rhône was so great that it had discouraged even Roman engineers in antiquity. The bishop of Avignon, at first ...

  9. List of bridges in Albania - Wikipedia

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    Shtrezë Bridge Kukës: Segment of the Kukës-Shishtavec road Skavica Bridge Kukës: Black Drin tributary Bailey bridge Tanners' Bridge: Tirana: 18th century 8 m (26 ft) 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) 3.5 m (11 ft) Lanë: Ottoman era Tarazhi Bridge Rrëshen: 1989 800 m (2,600 ft) 38 m (125 ft) Railway bridge Tatzat Bridge Delvinë: 1537-1570 12 m (39 ft)