Bridge

:This article is about the edifice (it is mostly an index to articles concerning specific bridge types). For other meanings, see bridge (disambiguation).

Types of bridges

Bridges may be classified by their use or by the structure employed in their design.

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By use

A bridge is usually designed for trains, pedestrian or road traffic, a pipeline or waterway for water transport or barge traffic. In some cases there may be restrictions in use. For example, it may be a bridge carrying a highway and forbidden for pedestrians and bicycles, or a pedestrian bridge, possibly also for bicycles.

Related Topics:
Train - Pedestrian - Road - Pipeline - Highway - Bicycles

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An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, resembling a viaduct.

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Decorative and ceremonial bridges

To create a beautiful image, some bridges are built much taller than necessary. This type, often found in east-asian style gardens, is called a Moon bridge, evoking a rising full moon.

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Other garden bridges may cross only a dry bed of stream washed pebbles, intended only to convey an impression of a stream.

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Often in palaces a bridge will be built over an artificial waterway as symbolic of a passage to an important place or state of mind. A set of five bridges cross a sinuous waterway in an important courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The central bridge was reserved exclusively for the use of the Emperor, Empress, and their attendants.

Related Topics:
Forbidden City - Beijing - China

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Index to types of bridges and bridge related topics

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Image:NagasakiMeganebashi.jpg|Arch bridge

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Image:Pont_du_gard.jpg|Aqueduct

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Image:Baileycoppename.jpg|Bailey bridge

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Image:UniversityBridge-1Clip.jpg|Bascule bridge

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Image:Small footbridge.jpg|Beam bridge

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Image:Concrete box girder bridge.JPG|Box girder bridge

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Image:ThreeTwrBrCenter.jpg|Cable-stayed bridge

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Image:CaissonSchematic.jpg|Caisson

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Image:ForthBridgeEdinburgh.jpg|Cantilever bridge

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Image:Puente del Alamillo.jpg|Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge

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Image:Tarr steps clapper bridge.jpg|Clapper bridge

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Image:Australia sydney-404.jpg|Compression arch suspended-deck bridge

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Image:Guilford vermont covered bridge 20040820.jpg|Covered bridge

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Image:CurlingBridgeClip.jpg|Curling bridge

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Image:Fort ticonderoga drawbridge to demilune.jpg|Drawbridge

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Image:Hoernbruecke.jpg|Folding bridge

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Image:IRBSideViewClip.jpg|Inca rope bridge

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Image:JetwayAtVancouverBC.jpg|Jetway

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Image:Guilford vermont bridge covered bridge interior 20040820.jpg|Lattice bridge

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Image:BNSFBridgeClip.jpg|Lift bridge

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Image:Vallorcine footpath bridge 2003-12-13.jpg|Log bridge

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Image:SFTGMoonBridge.jpg|Moon bridge

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Image:PlateGirderUnderTracks.jpg|Plate girder bridge

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Image:ArmyPontoonBr.jpg|Pontoon bridge

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Image:Uppsala Ultunabron02 2005-06-16.jpg|Retractable bridge(Thrust bridge)

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Image:ProposedSFOBBEasternSpan.jpg|Self-anchored suspension bridge

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Image:WinnepegBridge.jpg|Side-spar cable-stayed bridge

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Image:CapilanoBridge.jpg|Simple suspension bridge

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Image:StepStoneBridge.jpg|Step-stone bridge

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Image:BridgeSubmerging4.jpg|Submersible bridge

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Image:suspension.bridge.bristol.arp.750pix.jpg|Suspension bridge

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Image:Railway swing bridge.jpg|Swing bridge

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Image:Millenium_bridge_close.jpg|Tilt bridge

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Image:Paying Toll on passing a Bridge From a Painted Window in the Cathedral of Tournay Fifteenth Century.png|Toll bridge

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Image:Newport.transporter.750pix.jpg|Transporter bridge

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Image:AlhambraTrestle.jpg|Trestle

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Image:Eastbound_over_SCB.jpg|Truss arch bridge

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Image:RRTrussBridgeSideView.jpg|Truss bridge

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Image:Conwy Castle 2.jpg|Tubular bridge

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Image:Toronto-bloorviaduct.jpg|Viaduct

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Image:NoImageYetRectFramed.png|Weigh bridge

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Image:BoxerwoodDotComZigZag.jpg|Zig-zag bridge

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