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In contrast, materials employed in other arch bridge types, including wood, concrete, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, metal, and composites, demonstrate some elasticity and can accommodate flexion, enabling the construction of bridges with greater spans. Saint-Martial bridge in Limoges, a medieval bridge with pointed arches.
A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice 'sliding gate') is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications. [1] A portcullis gate is constructed of a latticed grille , made of wood or metal or both, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway.
His design for the replacement bridge at Buildwas incorporated a high arch like the Iron Bridge, but it had a span 30 feet (9.1 m) wider and used less than half the amount of iron. [77] Telford went on to design a series of cast iron bridges, the oldest of which to survive is the Craigellachie Bridge. [78]
Robert Maillart, c. 1925. Robert Maillart (16 February 1872 – 5 April 1940) was a Swiss civil engineer who revolutionized the use of structural reinforced concrete with such designs as the three-hinged arch and the deck-stiffened arch for bridges, and the beamless floor slab and mushroom ceiling for industrial buildings.
The Trezzo Bridge was not matched until the metal Wearmouth Bridge of the same span was built at Sunderland, England, in 1796. [9] Longer masonry arch spans were not achieved until the 1903 Adolphe Bridge in Luxembourg. [6] The Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge provided access to the Visconti Castle over the Adda.
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Ballarat" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Medieval architecture was the art and science of designing and constructing buildings in the Middle Ages. The major styles of the period included pre-Romanesque , Romanesque , and Gothic . In the fifteenth century, architects began to favour classical forms again, in the Renaissance style , marking the end of the medieval period.
Bow-string bridge: Piraeus–Platy railway. 2018: Ekkara ... "Design and Construction Challenges in the section Panagia-Grevena of Egnatia Odos" (PDF) (in Greek ...