Bridges

Bridges

Bridges are structures that carry routes across obstacles such as rivers, valleys, roads, or railway lines. Bridge architecture and engineering combine supports, spans, decks, and connections suited to the crossing and its users. Beam, arch, suspension, and other bridge forms distribute loads differently, while materials and approaches connect the structure with its surrounding terrain or city.

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Crossings and Engineered Routes

Engineered routes overcome differences in terrain through structures that span, penetrate, or reshape the ground. Bridges, tunnels, aqueducts, and canals differ in the traffic or water carried, making supports, gradients, openings, and connections central to the comparison of their architectural forms.

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