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