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The Krämerbrücke (pronounced [ˈkʁɛːmɐˌbʁʏkə]; Merchants' bridge) is a medieval arch bridge in the city of Erfurt, in Thuringia, central Germany, which is lined with half-timbered shops and houses on both sides of a cobblestone street. It is one of the few remaining bridges in the world that have inhabited buildings.
The Pont des Marchands (English: Merchants' Bridge) is a historic bridge in Narbonne, southern France. It serves as a foundation for a row of houses and shops underneath which the Canal de la Robine runs through the old town. Its segmental arch has a span of ca. 15 m. [1] In Roman times the structure featured as many as six arches.
A bridge chapel is a small place of Christian worship, built either on, or immediately adjacent to, a road bridge; they were commonly established during pre-Reformation medieval era in Europe. Although sometimes built on land at the very start of the bridge, bridge chapels were often built into the bridge structure itself, usually on one of the ...
There exist numerous proposals for inhabited bridges, including 73 designs submitted in the Royal Institute of British Architects' competition at the 800th anniversary of London Bridge, [1] but the table here presents only bridges actually built. Various blogs and magazines itemize a small number of them.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... List of medieval bridges in France; List of Roman bridges; A. Adolphe Bridge; B.
The Trezzo Bridge was built between 1370 and 1377 by order of the lord of Milan Bernabò Visconti. [2] Fortified with towers, it provided access to the Visconti Castle high above the Adda. [ 2 ] During a siege in 1416, the condottiero Carmagnola deliberately caused the structure to collapse by weakening one of its abutments .
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 ...
However, simple suspension bridge designs were made largely obsolete by the 19th century invention and patent of the suspended deck bridge by James Finley. [9] A late 18th century English painting of a bridge in Srinagar [citation needed], then part of the Garhwal Kingdom, anticipates the invention of the suspended deck bridge. This unusual ...