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Heidelberg Bridge Monkey plush toy. A plush toy of the monkey has been available for purchase since May 2016. There are two versions of it with different sizes, which can be obtained in several shops in Heidelberg Old Town. Since the plush toy is intended for children, the monkey does not grasp its posterior or show the sign of horns.
A cầu khỉ ("monkey bridge") in Vietnam is a handmade bamboo or wooden passway across a stream or gully. [1] [2] The "monkey bridge", as a uniquely Vietnamese traditional symbol, was the inspiration for the title of American author Lan Cao's novel Monkey Bridge. [3]
Saruhashi bridge . Saruhashi Bridge spans the deep gorge of the Katsura River at Ōtsuki city, Yamanashi, Japan.While suspension bridges are normally used under such conditions, where it is impractical to build a supporting pier, [a] Saruhashi employs a design called hanebashi [] (刎橋) [3] which was used during the Edo period (1603–1868).
Monkey Bridge, published in 1997, is the debut novel of Vietnamese American attorney and writer Lan Cao, a professor of international law at Chapman University School of Law. In addition to Monkey Bridge , Cao co-authored Everything You Need to Know about Asian American History with Himilce Novas.
A flying bridge, also known as "monkey island", [8] [9] is an open area on top of a surface ship that provides unobstructed views of the fore, aft, and the sides of a vessel. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] It serves as an operating station for the ship's officers, such as the captain or officer of the watch .
The bridge may be stiffened by the addition of cables that do not bear the primary structural or live loads and so may be relatively light. These also add stability in wind. An example is the 220-meter-long (720 ft) bridge across the river Drac at Lac de Monteynard-Avignonet: this bridge has stabilizing cables below and to the side of the deck.
The 1.6-mile bridge spans Baltimore's harbor, and photos show steel rods still wrapped around the container ship that rammed into it.
The Monkey's Bridge was a 1997 New York Times Notable Book. The Bonehunters' Revenge, PEN USA West Literary Award Research Nonfiction Finalist, 1997; The Klamath Knot was included in the San Francisco Chronicles 1999 list of the twentieth century's best books published west of the Rockies; Beasts of Eden was a 2004 New York Times Notable Book.