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Bridge

A bridge is a structure designed to span an obstacle, such as a river or railway, allowing vehicles, pedestrians, and other loads to pass across. Most bridges consist of a flat deck, supported by beams, arches, or cables.

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Bridge

Nodes396
Edges395
Triples430
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005051
Components1

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Bridge

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related to Profession and regulation · 34
Bridge → Canada, Canadian Council, Chaussées, Civil Engineers, Corps, Daniel-Charles Trudaine, Engineering, Engineering Council, Engineering Organizations, Examiners, France, French, Fundamentals, In, In Poland, Institution, International, Jacques Gabriel, Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, National Council
related to Antiquity · 31
Bridge → AD, Alcántara Bridge, Ancient China, Arkadiko Bridge, Arthashastra, Assyrian, BC, Danube, Euphrates, Examples, France, Gard, In, In Babylonia, In India, Jerwan, Kautilya, Many Roman, Mycenaean Greece, Nineveh
related to Art and culture · 28
Bridge → Asgard, Austrian, Authors, Bifröst, Bridge-Building Brotherhood, Bridges, British, Bénézet, Christian, Devil's Bridge, Drina, Europe, European Commission, Humber Bridge, In, In Norse, Ivo Andrić, Living, Many, Mona Lisa
related to 300 to 1400 · 27
Bridge → AD, Andes, Anji Bridge, Avignon, China, Durance, England, European, Florence, France, High Middle Ages, In Medieval Europe, Inca, Italy, Monnow Bridge, Old Exe Bridge, Old London Bridge, Pont, Ponte Vecchio, Rome
related to Double-deck bridge · 20
Bridge → An, Because, Chicago, Copenhagen, Designers, Dom Luís, Double-deck, DuSable Bridge, For, Hong Kong, Kurashiki, Malmö, New York, Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, Portugal, Shimotsui-Seto Bridge, Some, The George Washington Bridge, This, Tsing Ma Bridge
related to Specifications and standards · 18
Bridge → AASHTO, AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design, Agencies, American Association, Canada's, Canadian Highway Bridge Design, Code, CSA Group, Eurocodes, European Committee, In, In Europe, One, Specifications, Standardization, State Highway, Transportation Officials, United States
related to 1400 to 1750 · 17
Bridge → Africa, Andrea Palladio, Europe, Fausto Veranzio, Figures, Florence's Ponte Santa Trinita, Galileo Galilei, In, India, Military, Mughal, Paris's Pont Neuf, Renaissance, Rialto Bridge, The Asante Empire, Their, Venice
related to Failures · 17
Bridge → About, Babeldaob Bridge, Bangladesh, Before, Failures, In, In Australia, In Palau, It, King Street Bridge, Koror, London, Over, The Millennium Bridge, Turag-Bhakurta Bridge, United States, US
related to Other · 17
Bridge → Bratislava, Conservationists, Europe, Examples, Illinois Tollway, In, Many, Middle Ages, Notable, Oklahoma Turnpike, Old London Bridge, Pipeline, Ponte Vecchio, Some, The, The Nový Most, Will Rogers Archway
related to 1750 to 1900 · 16
Bridge → Both, Concorde, England, Europe, In, Industrial Revolution, Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, John Rennie, New London Bridge, Pont, Roman, Several, The Iron Bridge, These, They, With

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bridges steel concrete used deck design cables construction suspension built may including include towers must century many cable-stayed water arch

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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Bridgeis astructure designed to span an obstacle0.90text
Bridgeis avariant that is generally shallower than an I-beam equivalent0.90text
Bridgeis along0.90text
Bridgeis akey lifeline in case of emergencies0.90text
Bridgeis aflat0.90text
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