The document discusses the history and types of bridges. Bridges were first made of wood and stone to span bodies of water and railways. There are several types of bridges including arch, truss, cantilever, cable-stayed, and suspension bridges. Examples are given of notable bridges that demonstrate different types, such as the Golden Gate Bridge which is a suspension bridge and the Howrah Bridge which is a cantilever bridge.
1. The Bridge build for purpose of providing passage over railway lines, body of water
Bridge a Structure of Civil Engineering
2. History
The frist bridge made by humans were probably spans
of cut wooden logs or planks and eventually stones,
using of simple support and crossbean arrangement
3. Type of Bridge for according to use
Walkways
Highways/Roads
Railways
Pipelines
Connecting lands
Crossing rivers and canyons
10. Clifton Suspension Bridge
Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge, which
opened in 1864, spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon,
linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset,
England
12. Cantilever Bridge
Howrah Bridge -
Cantilever bridge in Howrah, India
Address: West Bengal
Total length: 705 m
Construction started: 1935
Opened: February 3, 1943
Body of water: Hooghly River
Location: Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal
Architecture firms: Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Cleveland
Bridge & Engineering Company
13. San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge - Self-anchored suspension bridge in San Francisco,
California
Total length: 7,180 m
Construction started: July 9, 1933
Height: 160 m
