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Bridges
Bridges

Bridges

Spanning the World

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

Formats: Cloth

Cloth, (US $60.00) (CA $81.00)

Publication Date: December 2017

ISBN 9781910258170

Rights: US & CA

Pimpernel Press (Dec 2017)

Available from local and national retailers throughout the US.
 

Overview

Looks at bridges great and small around the world, illustrating examples of all dates and types, from the most ancient to the modern

Building bridges across rivers, canyons, straits, and sea represents one of man’s greatest endeavors. It has stretched human ingenuity, engineering, and material technology to their limits. Bridges have altered history by joining communities together, extending trade, and transporting water to villages and cities. This book looks at more than 200 bridges spanning the world and the centuries, including an Inca suspension bridge made from grass ropes; the mile-long Roman aqueduct at Caesarea; Italy’s bridges in Venice; England’s great Forth Bridge built for the railway; France’s famous Millau Viaduct; Spain’s Acueducto del Águila; the awe-inspiring cantilever bridges built by railway engineers across major rivers in North America and India; and the world’s longest suspension bridge at Kobe in Japan.

Author Biography

Marcus Binney is Architecture Correspondent to the Times, founder and President of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, and chairman of Save Europe’s Heritage.

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