"fact that originally a broad and monumental stone bridge was planned in Amsterdams prosperous Golden Age, but that the economic setback of the year 1672 forced the city council to build a cheap and meagre bridge instead. The bridge can be seen in a number of films, including the 1971 James Bond movie ""Diamonds Are Forever"". Magere Brug The Magere Brug (English: Skinny Bridge) is a bridge over the river Amstel in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It connects the banks of the river at Kerkstraat, between the Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht. The central section of the Magere Brug is a bascule bridge made"
"Nescio Bridge The Nescio Bridge (or Nesciobrug in Dutch) is an award-winning cycle and footbridge in the Netherlands. This curved, steel suspension bridge, located in Amsterdam, is the country's first suspension bridge that carries only a cycle track and footway, and at almost 800 metres length it is also one of the country's longest cycle and footbridges. Additionally, it is the longest ""single cable"" suspension bridge in the Netherlands. The bridge was designed by Jim Eyre of London-based Wilkinson Eyre Architects, in cooperation with two multinational engineering consultancy firms: London-based ARUP group and Netherlands-based Grontmij. The design stands out by"
"Europa Bridge The Europa Bridge or Bridge of Europe (""Europabrücke"") is a bridge carrying the A13 Brenner Autobahn (and European route E45) over the Wipp valley just south of Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. The bridge spans the Sill River, and forms part of the main route across the Alps from western Austria to South Tyrol in Italy. It is also part of the main route between southeastern Germany and northern Italy. The longest span between pillars is . It hosts a 192 meter bungee jump, the fifth highest in the world. Built between 1959 and 1963 and standing high above the"
"crumbled down. Castelvecchio Bridge The Castel Vecchio Bridge (Italian: ""Ponte di Castel Vecchio"") or Scaliger Bridge (Italian: ""Ponte Scaligero"") is a fortified bridge in Verona, northern Italy, over the Adige River. The segmental arch bridge featured the world's largest span at the time of its construction (48.70 m). It was built (most likely in 1354-1356) by Cangrande II della Scala, to grant him a safe way of escape from the annexed eponymous castle in the event of a rebellion of the population against his tyrannic rule. The solidity of the construction allowed it to resist untouched until, in the late"
"Krämerbrücke The Krämerbrücke (Merchants' bridge) is a medieval arch bridge in the city of Erfurt, in Thuringia in central Germany, which is lined with half timbered shops and houses on both sides of a cobblestone street. It is one of the few remaining bridges in the world that have inhabited buildings. It has been continuously inhabited for over 500 years, longer than any other bridge in Europe. The stone, pedestrian bridge, which dates from 1325, is one of the oldest secular structures in Erfurt. It spans the Breitstrom, a branch of Gera River, and connects two town squares - Benediktsplatz"
"Ponte Sublicio Ponte Sublicio, also known as Ponte Aventino or Ponte Marmoreo, is a bridge linking Piazza dell'Emporio to Piazza di Porta Portese in Rome (Italy), in the Rioni Ripa, Trastevere and Testaccio and in the ""Quartiere"" Portuense. The most ancient bridge in Rome crossed river Tiber just downstream of the Tiber Island, in correspondence with the former ford that, during the protohistoric age, was a required stop along the north-south way, at the feet of the Aventine Hill. Its building has been ascribed to King Ancus Marcius (642 - 617 BC) by Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. The name"
"Anghel Saligny Bridge The Anghel Saligny Bridge (formerly King Carol I Bridge) is a railroad truss bridge in Romania, across the Danube River, connecting the regions of Muntenia and Dobruja. The bridge is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments. The bridge was built between 1890 and 1895 over the Danube, the Borcea branch of the Danube and the Balta Ialomiței island, and when it was completed, with a total length (with viaducts) of , it became the longest bridge in Europe and the second longest in the world. The bridge was designed by the Romanian engineer Anghel Saligny."
"after the Birecik Bridge. A request to name the structure ""Kennedy Bridge"" was put forward in 1963, but the request was denied. The 1968 bridge is northwest of the ruined Roman-era Ain Diwar Bridge, across the border in Syria. Cizre Bridge The Cizre Bridge (, ) is a long deck-arch bridge, carrying the D.400 across the Tigris river in Cizre, Turkey. The bridge was built as part of the Turkish State Highway System to improve mobility in the region. Prior to its construction, the only way to cross the Tigris river in Cizre was via car-ferries that caused congestion. With"
"Alconétar Bridge The Alconétar Bridge (Spanish: ""Puente de Alconétar""), also known as Puente de Mantible, was a Roman segmental arch bridge in the Extremadura region, Spain. The ancient structure, which featured flattened arches with a span-to-rise ratio of 4–5:1, is one of the earliest of its kind. Due to its design, it is assumed that the bridge was erected in the early 2nd century AD by the emperors Trajan or Hadrian, possibly under the guidance of Apollodorus of Damascus, the most famous architect of the time. The almost 300 m long Alconétar Bridge served as a crossing point for the"
"Tiszavirág bridge Tiszavirág híd (Mayfly Bridge) is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge in Szolnok, Hungary on the Tisza river. The project was completed under the program called „Szolnok, the Capital of Tisza”. The European Union supported the HUF 5 billion project by 1.5 billion forint, of which 2 billion forints went to the bridge and the new decorative square at the northern end of the bridge, which was assigned to ""Közgép Zrt"". The bridge was meant to be the new landmark of the county town. The bridge has a shape resembling a mayfly or """"tiszavirág"""" in Hungarian. The bridge weighs"
"Bridge of Mantible The Bridge of Mantible (Spanish: ""Puente Romano de Mantible"") is a ruined bridge located near Logroño, Spain. It crosses the Ebro river between La Rioja and the Basque Country, connecting El Cortijo and Assa. According to some historians, construction of the bridge began in the first half of the 2nd century, well into Rome's imperial period. Others suggest that the bridge was built in the 11th century, near the same time in which the Puente La Reina was constructed over the River Arga, and that both were made to join the two most important cities of the"
"5.5 m wide. The bridge was part of the Via Regia, a medieval trade and pilgrims' road network, which linked Rome with the Baltic Sea, and Moscow with Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. The Krämerbrücke is on the route from the river Rhine to Silesia.. It is also on one of the main routes of the Camino de Santiago, the Way of St. James pilgrimage. Erfurt was at a major crossroads of the Via Regia and it became an important trading centre in the Middle Ages. It was a member of the Hanseatic League. A wooden bridge was built"
"Steinerner Steg The Steinerner Steg () is a two-arched, stone-built footbridge across the Passer in Merano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. The oldest bridge in the town, it connects the historic centre and the Steinach district with the Obermais quarter. In 1615 the wooden aqueduct which spanned the river here had fallen into disrepair and the town decided to demolish it and build a stone bridge in its place. The following year Andrä Tanner, an architect from Brixen, was contracted to build the replacement. Scarcely had the works been completed, however, when the new bridge was washed away in a flood."
"Castelvecchio Bridge The Castel Vecchio Bridge (Italian: ""Ponte di Castel Vecchio"") or Scaliger Bridge (Italian: ""Ponte Scaligero"") is a fortified bridge in Verona, northern Italy, over the Adige River. The segmental arch bridge featured the world's largest span at the time of its construction (48.70 m). It was built (most likely in 1354-1356) by Cangrande II della Scala, to grant him a safe way of escape from the annexed eponymous castle in the event of a rebellion of the population against his tyrannic rule. The solidity of the construction allowed it to resist untouched until, in the late 18th century,"
"the new Cernavodă Bridge complex, built next to it, was inaugurated. Anghel Saligny Bridge The Anghel Saligny Bridge (formerly King Carol I Bridge) is a railroad truss bridge in Romania, across the Danube River, connecting the regions of Muntenia and Dobruja. The bridge is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments. The bridge was built between 1890 and 1895 over the Danube, the Borcea branch of the Danube and the Balta Ialomiței island, and when it was completed, with a total length (with viaducts) of , it became the longest bridge in Europe and the second longest in the"
"New Europe Bridge The New Europe Bridge, previously known as the Danube Bridge 2 (, ""Dunav most 2""), and informally called the Calafat-Vidin Bridge (, ""Most Vidin–Kalafat""; ), is a road and rail bridge between the cities of Vidin, Bulgaria and Calafat, Romania. It is the second bridge on the shared section of the Danube between the two countries. It is a cable-stayed bridge and was built by the Spanish company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, at the cost of €226 million. It was officially opened with a ceremony held on 14 June 2013. The first vehicles were allowed to"
"Turnu Măgurele Turnu Măgurele () is a city in Teleorman County, Romania (in the informal region of Wallachia). Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the Olt River and the Danube. A ferry plies across the Danube to the Bulgarian city of Nikopol. There are some vestiges of a Roman bridge across the Danube, built in 330 by Constantine the Great. It is built in the Danube plain in a fertile land called Burnas plain. At 4 km south-west from it the river Olt joins the Danube."
"Anghel Saligny Anghel Saligny (; 19 April 1854, Șerbănești, Moldavia – 17 June 1925, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian engineer, most famous for designing the Feteşti-Cernavodă railway bridge (1895) over the Danube, the longest bridge in Europe at that time. He also designed the storage facilities in Constanţa seaport, one of the earliest examples of reinforced concrete architecture in Europe. Saligny was born in Șerbănești, Tecuci County (nowadays, Galați County). His father Alfred Saligny, an educator of French descent, was an immigrant to Moldavia, coming from Prussia. He started his studies at the boarding school founded by his father in"
"in their painting technique. The images and texts of the Lucerne Danse Macabre are intended to highlight that there's no place in the city, in the country or at sea where death isn't present. Spreuer Bridge The Spreuer Bridge (, formerly also ""Mühlenbrücke"") is one of two extant covered wooden footbridges in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. Besides the other preserved bridge, the Kapellbrücke, a third bridge of this type – the ""Hofbrücke"" – existed in Lucerne, but was demolished in the 19th century. The first bridge was constructed in the 13th century to connect the ""Mühlenplatz"" (Mill Place) on"
"southernmost arch remains standing. Ponte d'Augusto (Narni) The Ponte d’Augusto (Italian for ""Bridge of Augustus"") is a Roman arch bridge in the Italian city Narni in Umbria, built to carry the Flaminian Way over the river Nera. Of the original four spans of the bridge, only the southernmost remains standing. The bridge was built under Augustus around 27 BC using marble blocks. The 30 m high structure was one of the largest bridges constructed by the Romans. According to the Umbrian Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage: The bridge was a popular destination on the Grand Tour. James Hakewill wrote in ""A"
"Fleisch Bridge The Fleisch Bridge ( or ""Meat Bridge"") or Pegnitz Bridge (""Pegnitzbrücke"") is a late Renaissance bridge in Nuremberg, Germany. The bridge crosses the river Pegnitz in the center of the old town, linking the districts St. Sebald and St. Lorenz along the axis of the main market. The single-arch bridge was built between 1596 and 1598 and replaced an earlier mixed construction of stone and wood which had been repeatedly destroyed by flood. The Fleisch Bridge is notable for several technical features that were advanced for its time. These include an unusual large width of 15.3 m, and"
"ground, it took the title of Europe's highest bridge, surpassing the Gueuroz Bridge in Switzerland. The Italia Viaduct took over this title in 1974. Europa Bridge The Europa Bridge or Bridge of Europe (""Europabrücke"") is a bridge carrying the A13 Brenner Autobahn (and European route E45) over the Wipp valley just south of Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. The bridge spans the Sill River, and forms part of the main route across the Alps from western Austria to South Tyrol in Italy. It is also part of the main route between southeastern Germany and northern Italy. The longest span between pillars is"
"traffic and pack animals, an obvious advantage in the flat Venetian landscape. The structure was reportedly still in a good condition in 1938, but has since deteriorated, with one of its spandrel walls having collapsed. Susegana Bridge The Susegana Bridge is one of a series of Roman bridges on the Via Claudia Augusta in Susegana, northern Italy. The small structure is notable for its flattened arch, which classify it as a Roman segmental arch bridge. Being the fifth of altogether six ancient footbridges in the frazione Colfosco, it crosses a stream without name downstream of the provincial road bridge, shortly"
"it is the oldest open-spandrel segmental arch bridge in stone. However, the ancient Romans had virtually all of these components beforehand; for example, Trajan's Bridge had open spandrels built in wood on stone pillars. The first example of an early Gothic arch in Europe is in Sicily in the Greek fortifications of Gela. The semicircular arch was followed in Europe by the pointed Gothic arch or ogive, whose centreline more closely follows the forces of compression and which is therefore stronger. The semicircular arch can be flattened to make an elliptical arch, as in the Ponte Santa Trinita. Parabolic arches"
"Grain Bridge The Grain Bridge () is a footbridge over the Ljubljanica River in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is located between Tanner Street () and Gestrin Street (), and links the Petkovšek Embankment () on the left side of the river and the Poljane Embankment () on its right side. It is used by local residents and students of the Poljane Grammar School and has relieved of pedestrians the St. Peter's Bridge and the Dragon Bridge. The bridge is named after Grain Square, which is the old name of the nearby Ambrož Square () that was used in"
"The Vidin–Calafat Bridge across Danube river is one important part of the route. It is one of only two bridges connecting Romania and Bulgaria. Pan-European Corridor IV The Corridor IV is one of the Pan-European transport corridors. It runs between Dresden/Nuremberg in Germany and Thessaloniki (Greece) / Constanța (Romania) / Istanbul (Turkey). The corridor follows the route: Dresden / Nuremberg – Prague – Vienna – Bratislava – Győr – Budapest – Arad – Bucharest – Constanța / Craiova – Sofia – Pernik - Thessaloniki or Plovdiv – Istanbul. The corridor is the shortest land connection between Greece and Central Europe"
"Small Bridge Small Bridge (""Mali most"", Мали мост) is a steel bridge in Zrenjanin, Serbia. In Serbian, the bridge is known as Мали мост or ""Mali most"", in Hungarian as ""Kishid"", and in German as ""Kleine Brücke"". The current steel bridge was preceded by a wooden bridge in the same location. The old wooden bridge was built after a great fire in 1807. It was a bascule bridge, which was opened for the boat traffic. It was replaced in 1904 by the new steel bridge. The Small Bridge is the oldest bridge in Zrenjanin. It connects the town center with"
"Bridge of Sighs The Bridge of Sighs (Italian and ) is a bridge located in Venice, northern Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison (""Prigioni Nuove"") to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contino (whose uncle Antonio da Ponte had designed the Rialto Bridge) and was built in 1600. The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's name, given by Lord Byron as"
"Grazie, is still honored in Stamford with an annual procession. There is also a Minturno social club in the Woodbridge section of Toronto, Canada. Michael Fedele, former lieutenant governor of Connecticut, was born in Minturno in 1955. <BR> Minturno Minturno is a city and ""comune"" in the southern Lazio, Italy, situated on the north west bank of the Liris (also known as the Garigliano), with a suburb on the opposite bank about from its mouth, at the point where the Via Appia crossed it by the bridge called ""Pons Tiretius"". It has a station on the Rome-Naples main railway line."
"Ponte Salario The Ponte Salario, also called Ponte Salaro during the Middle Ages, is a road bridge in Rome, Italy, whose origins date back to the Roman period. In antiquity, it lay outside the city limits, 3 km north of the Porta Collina, at the point where the Via Salaria (modern SS4) crossed the Aniene, a tributary of the Tiber. The visible side arches are assumed to originate from the first stone structure built during the 1st century BC. In the Gothic War (535–554), the main arch was largely destroyed by the Ostrogothic king Totila, but repaired by his East"
"and around the world, as well as to other structures. See Bridge of Sighs (disambiguation). The 1861 opera ""Le pont des soupirs"" by Jacques Offenbach features the bridge, as does the song ""Venice"" by Gibraltarian band Melon Diesel. ""Bridge of Sighs"" is also both a 1974 album and song by English musician Robin Trower. Bridge of Sighs The Bridge of Sighs (Italian and ) is a bridge located in Venice, northern Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison (""Prigioni Nuove"") to the"
"Ponte d'Augusto (Narni) The Ponte d’Augusto (Italian for ""Bridge of Augustus"") is a Roman arch bridge in the Italian city Narni in Umbria, built to carry the Flaminian Way over the river Nera. Of the original four spans of the bridge, only the southernmost remains standing. The bridge was built under Augustus around 27 BC using marble blocks. The 30 m high structure was one of the largest bridges constructed by the Romans. According to the Umbrian Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage: The bridge was a popular destination on the Grand Tour. James Hakewill wrote in ""A picturesque tour of Italy"""
"Kapellbrücke The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning diagonally across the Reuss in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique because it contains a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire. Subsequently restored, the Kapellbrücke is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, as well as the world's oldest surviving truss bridge. It serves as the city's symbol and as one of Switzerland's"