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Devil's Bridge is a term applied to dozens of ancient bridges, found primarily in Europe. Most of these bridges are stone or masonry arch bridges and represent a significant technological achievement in ancient architecture. Due to their unusual design, they were an object of fascination and stories in antiquity and medieval Europe.
A bridge can be categorized by what it is designed to carry, such as trains, pedestrian or road traffic (road bridge), a pipeline (Pipe bridge) or waterway for water transport or barge traffic. An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, resembling a viaduct, which is a bridge that connects points of equal height.
The current bridge, the third on the site, was erected in 2001–04 to replace a bridge erected in 1950 which was no longer adequate for traffic demands, and which had replaced a bridge built in 1938 and destroyed in World War II. Carrying an average of 42,000 vehicles a day, it is one of the most important bridges in the Regensburg area.
The Langkawi Sky Bridge in Malaysia is a 410-foot-long curved pedestrian bridge, situated 2,170 feet above sea level. This marvel of engineering offers panoramic views of the Langkawi islands and ...
As absurd as it can sound on paper, the truth is that facts are just fun, the more obscure, weird and random, the better. After all, everyone needs a handful of interesting trivia to pull out at ...
The bridge's 840-foot (260 m) central span would have been the world's longest cantilever span. [36] The Port Chester Journal described the planned crossing as "an unusual bridge in point of engineering skill". [33] The PRR requested a perpetual franchise for the bridge from the New York City Rapid Transit Commission that June. [37]
The Leonard P. Zakim (/ ˈ z eɪ k ə m /) Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge (also known as "The Zakim") is a cable-stayed bridge completed in 2003 across the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a replacement for the Charlestown High Bridge , an older truss bridge constructed in the 1950s.
In 1985, a bridge known as the Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge, was opened to traffic. The second span is named for Kentucky Governor Simeon S. Willis . The bridge was originally planned to cross at 45th St. and connect to a proposed Ashland bypass, but was instead built one block from the existing bridge and carries only northbound traffic while ...