Bridges: a History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans

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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedication; Foreword; Introductory Interview with Linda Figg; Bridge Basics; Pont du Gard, Nîmes, France, 18 B.C.; Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome, A.D. 134; Anji Bridge, Zhaoxian, China, late sixth century; Pont d'Avignon, Avignon, France, 1250; Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy, 1345; Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1566; Rialto Bridge, Venice, 1591; Garden Bridges; Pont Neuf, Paris, 1606; Khaju Bridge, Isfahan, Iran, c. 1650; Palladian Bridge, Buckinghamshire, England, c. 1755; Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, England, 1779. Intro Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Dedication Foreword Introductory Interview with Linda Figg Bridge Basics Pont du Gard, Nîmes, France, 18 B.C. Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome, A.D. 134 Anji Bridge, Zhaoxian, China, late sixth century Pont d'Avignon, Avignon, France, 1250 Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy, 1345 Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1566 Rialto Bridge, Venice, 1591 Garden Bridges Pont Neuf, Paris, 1606 Khaju Bridge, Isfahan, Iran, c. 1650 Palladian Bridge, Buckinghamshire, England, c. 1755 Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, England, 1779. Menai Suspension Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, 1826London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 1971 Starrucca Viaduct, Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, 1848 Delaware Aqueduct, Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania-Minisink Ford, New York, 1849 Catastrophe Britannia Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, 1850 Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Cornish, New Hampshire-Windsor, Vermont, 1866 Whipple Bowstring Truss Bridge, Albany, New York, 1867 Eads Bridge, St. Louis, Missouri, 1874 Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn-Manhattan, New York, 1883 Garabit Viaduct, near Saint-Flour, France, 1884 Forth Bridge, Queensferry, Scotland, 1890. Covered BridgesTower Bridge, London, 1894 Hell Gate Bridge, Queens-Bronx, New York, 1917 Bloedel Donovan Bridge, King County, Washington, 1920 Michigan Avenue Bridge, Chicago, 1920 Salginatobel Bridge, near Schiers, Switzerland, 1930 George Washington Bridge, Manhattan, New York-Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1931 Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, 1932 The Bridges of War Siuslaw River Bridge, Florence, Oregon, 1936 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco-Marin County, California, 1937 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Tacoma, Washington, 1940 Ludendorff Bridge, Remagen, Germany, 1918. Mackinac Bridge, St. Ignace-Mackinaw City, Michigan, 1957Lake Maracaibo Bridge, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1962 Bridges in the Movies Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Pinellas County, Florida, 1987 Hitsuishijima and Iwakurojima Bridges, Kojima-Sakaide, Japan, 1988 Lusitania Bridge, Mérida, Spain, 1991 Natchez Trace Parkway Arches, Franklin, Tennessee, 1994 Riverfront Parks, Providence, Rhode Island, 1994-2002 Erasmus Bridge, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1996 Confederation Bridge, Prince Edward Island-New Brunswick, Canada, 1997 Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong, 1997. East Bridge, Great Belt Fixed Link, Fünen-Zealand, Denmark, 1998Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Honshu-Awaji, Japan, 1998 Tatara Bridge, Hiroshima-Ehime, Japan, 1999 Pedestrian Bridges Bridges to Prosperity An Interview with Frank O. Gehry Millennium Bridge, London, 2000 Øresund Bridge, Sweden-Denmark, 2000 Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002 Millau Viaduct, Millau, France, 2004 Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory, Prospect, Maine, 2006 Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, Nevada-Arizona, 2010 Aizhai Bridge, Jishou, China, 2012.