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Bridge Constructor Portal is an engineering simulation and puzzle video game set in the universe of the Portal series. [1] [2] Players are tasked with designing and constructing bridges to get one or more trucks from one location to another at Aperture Laboratories under the supervision of the artificial intelligence GLaDOS. [1] [3]
The BBC Bridge Companion is an 8-bit video game console designed for teaching bridge, produced by BBC Enterprises Ltd. It was released in 1985 in the United Kingdom , retailing for £ 199.99 (equivalent to £765 in 2023).
The first such road bridge in the world, the Maurzyce Bridge, had been opened only in 1928 and since then the idea was a relative novelty in civil engineering, with only a couple dozen constructions finished before the outbreak of World War II. Paton urged the designers that such an approach will greatly improve the reliability of the structure ...
The Yaquina Bay Bridge is an arch bridge that spans Yaquina Bay south of Newport, Oregon. It is one of the most recognizable of the U.S. Route 101 bridges designed by Conde McCullough and one of eleven major bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway designed by him. [3] It superseded the last ferry crossing on the highway.
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.
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
The bridge is built from five sectional cast-iron ribs that give a span of 100 feet 6 inches (30.6 m). [24] The construction of the bridge used 378 long tons 10 cwt (847,800 lb or 384.6 t) of iron, and there are almost 1,700 individual components, the heaviest weighing 5 long tons 5 cwt (11,800 lb or 5.3 t). [25]
Constructor Consecutive starts Races 1 Ferrari: 754 1982 Italian – 2024 Abu Dhabi (ongoing) 2 Williams: 441 1978 Argentine – 2005 Canadian: 3 Brabham: 392 1962 German – 1992 South African: 4 McLaren: 385 2005 French – 2024 Abu Dhabi (ongoing) / Red Bull Racing [N 3] Williams: 7 McLaren: 361 1983 Belgian – 2005 Canadian: 8 Mercedes: 305