Glienicke Bridge: The Bridge Of Spies
Kaushik Patowary
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...
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Ponte dei Trepponti: A Unique 5-Way Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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
Kaushik Patowary
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...
