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Contents <br/>Foreword vii<br/> Introductory Interview with Linda Figg 1<br/> Bridge Basics 11<br/>Pont du Gard, Nimes, France, 18 B.C. 13<br/>Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome, A.D. 134 15 <br/>Anji Bridge, Zhaoxian, China, late sixth century 17<br/>Pont d'Avignon, Avignon, France, 1250 19<br/>Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy, 1345 21<br/>Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1566 23 <br/>Rialto Bridge, Venice, 1591 25<br/>Garden Bridges 27 <br/>Pont Neuf, Paris, 1606 29<br/>Khaju Bridge, Isfahan, Iran, c. 1650 31<br/>Palladian Bridge, Buckinghamshire, England, c. 1755 33 <br/>Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, England, 1779 35 <br/>Menai Suspension Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, 1826 37 <br/>London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 1971 39 <br/>Starrucca Viaduct, Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, 1848 41 <br/>Delaware Aqueduct, Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania—Minisink Ford, New York, 1849 43 <br/>Catastrophe 45 <br/>Britannia Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, 1850 49 <br/>Cornish—Windsor Covered Bridge, Cornish, New Hampshire—Windsor, Vermont, 1866 51 <br/>Whipple Bowstring Truss Bridge, Albany, New York, 1867 53<br/>Eads Bridge, St. Louis, Missouri, 1874 55 <br/>Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn—Manhattan, New York, 1883 57 <br/>Garabit Viaduct, near Saint-Flour, France, 1884 59 <br/>Forth Bridge, Queensferry, Scotland, 1890 61 <br/>Covered Bridges 63 <br/>Tower Bridge, London, 1894 65 <br/>Hell Gate Bridge, Queens—Bronx, New York, 1917 67 <br/>Bloedel Donovan Bridge, King County, Washington, 1920 69 <br/>Michigan Avenue Bridge, Chicago, 1920 71 <br/>Salginatobel Bridge, near Schiers, Switzerland, 1930 73 <br/>George Washington Bridge, Manhattan, New York—Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1931 75 <br/>Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, 1932 77 <br/>The Bridges of War 79 <br/>Siuslaw River Bridge, Florence, Oregon, 1936 81 <br/>Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco—Marin County, California, 1937 83 <br/>Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Tacoma, Washington, 1940 85 <br/>Ludendorff Bridge, Remagen, Germany, 1918 87 <br/>Mackinac Bridge, St. Ignace—Mackinaw City, Michigan, 1957 89 <br/>Lake Maracaibo Bridge, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1962 91 <br/>Bridges in the Movies 93 <br/>Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Pinellas County, Florida, 1987 95 <br/>Hitsuishijima and Iwakurojima Bridges, Kojima—Sakaide, Japan, 1988 97 <br/>Lusitania Bridge, Merida, Spain, 1991 99 <br/>Natchez Trace Parkway Arches, Franklin, Tennessee, 1994 101 <br/>Riverfront Parks, Providence, Rhode Island, 1994-2002 103 <br/>Erasmus Bridge, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1996 105 <br/>Confederation Bridge, Prince Edward Island—New Brunswick, Canada, 1997 107<br/>Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong, 1997 109 <br/>East Bridge, Great Belt Fixed Link, Funen—Zealand, Denmark, 1998 111 <br/>Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Honshu—Awaji, Japan, 1998 113 <br/>Tatara Bridge, Hiroshima—Ehime, Japan, 1999 115 <br/>Pedestrian Bridges 117 <br/>Bridges to Prosperity 121 <br/>An Interview with Frank O. Gehry 127 <br/>Millennium Bridge, London, 2000 131 <br/>Qresund Bridge, Sweden—Denmark, 2000 133 <br/>Leonard R Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002 135 <br/>Millau Viaduct, Millau, France, 2004 137 <br/>Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory, Prospect, Maine, 2006 139 <br/>Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, Nevada—Arizona, 2010 141 <br/>Aizhai Bridge, Jishou, China, 2012 143 <br/>East Span, Bay Bridge, California, 2013 145 <br/>Bridges, Illuminated 147 <br/>Laguna GarzOn Bridge, Maldonado, Uruguay, 2015 151 <br/>Chenab Bridge, Jammu—Kashmir, India, 2020 153 <br/>Danjiang Bridge, Tamsui—Bali, Taiwan, c. 2020 155 <br/>Longest Bridges in the World by Type 157 <br/>Acknowledgments 161 <br/>Bibliography 163 <br/>Index 165<br/> |
