Showing posts with the label Bridge

Glienicke Bridge: The Bridge Of Spies

Dec 19, 2023

In the Wannsee district of Berlin, Germany, there is a brief bridge spanning the Havel River, connecting the German capital to Potsdam. Hist...

Ponte dei Trepponti: A Unique 5-Way Bridge

May 12, 2023

The Ponte dei Trepponti or Trepponti bridge is a rare five-way bridge located in Comacchio, Italy. Although the name “Trepponti”, originatin...

Marching Soldiers And Collapsing Bridges

Apr 19, 2023

All suspension bridges are prone to vibration and swaying caused by moving traffic and wind. These vibration are not a problem as long as th...

Pont Ambroix

May 25, 2022

Pont Ambroix, also called the Ambrussum Bridge, was a major Roman bridge across the Vidourle River connecting the end of Villetelle to Galla...

Trajan’s Bridge

May 23, 2022

On the east of the Iron Gate Rapids near the present-day cities of Drobeta-Turnu Severin in Romania and Kladovo in Serbia, there once stood ...

Arkadiko Bridge: The World’s Oldest Bridge

Oct 28, 2021

One of the oldest arch bridges still in use is the Arkadiko Bridge or Kazarma Bridge, located near the modern road from Tiryns to Epidauros ...

World’s First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge

Jul 21, 2021

A 12-meter long steel pedestrian bridge opened last week in Amsterdam. Unlike other steel bridges around the world, this was not forged in a...

The Bridge Built By Women

Jun 15, 2021

When the Waterloo Bridge over River Thames opened in the December 1945, Deputy Prime Minister, Herbert Morrison spoke on its inauguration: ...

Why Julius Caesar Built a Bridge Over The Rhine And Destroyed it 18 Days Later

Jan 4, 2021

In the early summer of 55 BC Julius Caesar had already begun his conquest of Gaul three years earlier. At that time the eastern border of th...

How Medieval Bridges Were Built—An Animation

Oct 17, 2020

Building a bridge over water is a daunting task, and despite the many technological progresses, the basics have remain unchanged since ancie...

The Iron Bridge of Shropshire

Sep 18, 2020

The world’s first cast iron bridge still stands in Shropshire, England, across River Severn. It’s more than two hundred years old. Althoug...

London Bridge’s Nonsuch House

Aug 17, 2020

The Old London Bridge that stood for 600 years over Thames was the river’s key crossing point, as well as the city’s prime real estate area....

Kinzua Viaduct: The Fallen Bridge

Aug 1, 2020

On 21 July 2003, a fierce tornado struck northern Pennsylvania and destroyed a large section of the Kinzua Viaduct, a historic railroad tres...

The World’s Largest Brick Bridge

Jun 10, 2020

Before the age of steel and concrete, bricks and stones were the only two materials available to architects and bridge designers hoping to s...

The Mathematical Bridge of Cambridge

Jan 3, 2020

The Mathematical Bridge is a wooden footbridge across the River Cam, connecting the old and new parts of Queens' College in Cambridge. T...

Bridges With Buildings—Part 2

Nov 5, 2019

During the Middle Ages, it was common to have buildings built on top of bridges. These spaces were rented out to shopkeepers and merchants, ...

Fist Fights on Venetian Bridges

Oct 1, 2019

Throughout the Middle Ages and the early Modern Period, Venice was divided into many administrative districts and rival factions, who disp...

The Bridge of Breasts

Aug 5, 2019

At one point in the distant past, Venice had a busy red light district in the very commercial heart of the city—the Rialto area. Prostitutio...

How The Soviet Helped Vulcan, An American Town, Get a Bridge

Mar 2, 2019

In south West Virginia, near the border with Kentucky, the United States, is a small unincorporated community named Vulcan. Vulcan was onc...

The Tay Bridge Disaster And The World’s Worst Poem

Nov 14, 2018

On the night of 28 December 1879, a violent storm lashed across Scotland collapsing an iron bridge that straddled the Firth of Tay and plung...