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Bridges
Of or pertaining to any structure that spans and so provides passage over rivers,roads etc
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wattling
Architecture; Bridges
A screen used in river protection work, composed of long, slender poles, usually willow, passed horizontally and alternately behind and in front of a series of piles forming the dyke.
wearing floor
Architecture; Bridges
A floor exposed to the traffic. Usually refers to the upper layer of a double plank floor.
weather joint
Architecture; Bridges
A masonry joint where the mortar forms an outward sloping surface from the bottom of the upper course to the top of the lower course.
web
Architecture; Bridges
The portion of a truss or girder between and connecting the flanges, its function being principally to resist shear.
Oresudn Bridge
Architecture; Bridges
The Oresund Bridge crosses the Oresund strait and joins Sweden with Denmark. It begins as a cable-stayed bridge in Sweden and ends as a tunnel in Denmark. A small artificial island was built around ...
Langkawi Sky Bridge
Architecture; Bridges
Malaysia Sky Bridge, Malaysia If you thought walking on air was impossible, think again! On an island in the Langkawi archipelago, the Sky Bridge wraps around a mountain, is 700 meters above sea ...
