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  2. Masonry bridge - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of bridges in Greece - Wikipedia

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    Only Classical Greece bridge still in good conditions: 9 m (30 ft) ... "Design and Construction Challenges in the section Panagia-Grevena of Egnatia Odos" (PDF) (in ...

  4. File:Bailey Bridge Construction Manual.pdf - Wikipedia

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    Original file (1,666 × 1,297 pixels, file size: 3.77 MB, MIME type: application/pdf, 373 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  5. Portcullis - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    As building materials, they used bones such as mammoth ribs, hide, stone, metal, bark, bamboo, and animal dung. Pre-historic men also used bricks and lime plaster as building materials. [7] For example, mud bricks and clay mortar dated to 9000 BC were found in Jericho. These mudbricks were formed with the hands rather than wooden moulds and ...

  7. Pontage - Wikipedia

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    Pontage was a toll levied for the building or repair of bridges dating to the medieval era in England, Wales and Ireland. Pontage was similar in nature to murage (a toll for the building of town walls) and pavage (a toll for paving streets and market places, or—more rarely—roads between towns).

  8. Pont du Diable (Céret) - Wikipedia

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    The Pont du Diable (English: Devil's Bridge) or Pont Vieux (English: Old bridge) is a medieval stone arch bridge at Céret, France, built between 1321 and 1341. It spans the Tech River with a single arch of 45.45 metres (149.1 ft). At its apex, the arch is 22.3 metres (73 ft) high. [1]

  9. Metal Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Metal Bridge may refer to: Metal Bridge, Cumbria; Metal Bridge, County Durham ...