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Bridge is not a construction but it is a concept, the concept of crossing over large spans of land or huge masses of water, and to cB
two far-off points, eventually reducing the distance between them.
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The bridge provides passage over the obstacle of small caverns, a valley, road, body of water, or other physical obstacle. DesignsA
bridges vary depending on the nature of the terrain and the function of the bridge and where it is constructed.

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The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old English word brycg, of the same meaning, derived Bf
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The first bridges were believed to be made by nature — as simple as a log fallen across a stream. The first bridges made by huma
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The Indian Epic literature Ramayana provides mythological accounts of bridges constructed from India to Sri Lanka by the army
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Rama, the mythological King of Ayodhya.
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Mention of bridges being constructed by Mauryan dynasty in India, is given in Kautilya’s “Arthasastra”. During the wars Mughals
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Before pre-historic people began to build the crudest shelter for themselves they bridged streams. Trees that have fallen across Tt
stream from bank to bank acted as bridges. The wandering tribe that first deliberately made a tree fall across a stream were the Bfi
bridge builders.
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Observing monkeys swing of the several vines, led to connecting parallel cables with some sort of cross pieces, to support as briC
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Later hand grips were proved which led to suspension bridges.
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The first bridges were natural of huge rock arch that spans. The first man-made bridges were tree trunks laid across streams in g
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fashion, flat stones, and festoons of vegetation, twisted or braided and hung in suspension.
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engineers and builders derived various combinations such as the truss, cantilever, cable-stayed, tied-arch, and moveable spans 

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Bridges of twisted vines and creepers were found in many parts of India. Wooden bridges are some of the most ancient.
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Suspension bridges had been known in China as early as 206 BC. fo
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Chinese built big bridges of wooden construction, and later stone bridges, and the oldest surviving stone bridge in China is the
Zhaozhou Bridge built around 605 AD during the Sui Dynasty.
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The ancient Romans were the greatest bridge builders of antiquity.
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With the Industrial Revolution, steel, which has a high tensile strength, replaced wrought iron for the construction of larger bridg
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Bridges are classified as Beam bridges, Cantilever bridges, Arch bridges, Suspension bridges, Cable stayed bridges and Truss bri
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Beam Bridge: A horizontal beam supported at its ends comprises the structure of a beam bridge. The construction of a beam bridge is the U
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Cantilever bridges are built using cantilevers—horizontal beams that are supported on only one end. Most cantilever bridges use two cantile
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The Arch Bridge is arch-shaped and has supports at both its ends. The weight of an arch-shaped bridge is forced into the supports at eitherDe
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The suspension bridge is suspended from cables. The suspension cables are anchored at each end of the bridge. Th
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The Cable-stayed Bridges like suspension bridges are held up by cables. However, in a cable-stayed bridge, less cable is required and the tow
holding the cables are proportionately shorter. The longest cable-stayed bridge is the Sutong bridge over the Yangtze River in China.
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Truss bridges are composed of connected straight elements with the help of pin joints. They have a solid deck and a lattice of pin-jointed or
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joined girders for the sides. Early truss bridges were made of wood, and later of wood with iron tensile rods, but modern truss bridges are m
completely of metals such as wrought iron and steel or sometimes of reinforced concrete.
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Steel girders under-deck truss bridge,  Over-deck truss bridge with steel girders
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Cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns – towers or pylons, with cables supporting the bridge deck.
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Build a Bridge. After visiting several bridges in your country and browsing the websites looking at different designs, try to make
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model bridge. First, draw out the design. Then select your material(s). Builders often use balsa wood, other types of wood, strings
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