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Possibly the
oldest existing arch bridge is the
Mycenaean Arkadiko Bridge in
Greece from
about 1300 BC. The
stone corbel arch bridge is
still used by the...
- The
Stone Arch Bridge is a
former railroad bridge crossing the
Mississippi River at
Saint Anthony Falls in
downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the only...
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Stone Arch Bridge may
refer to: In the
United States: (alphabetical by state, then city)
Stone Arch Bridge (Champaign, Illinois),
listed on the National...
- An
arch is a
curved vertical structure spanning an open
space underneath it.
Arches may
support the load
above them, or they may
perform a
purely decorative...
- Old
Stone Arch Bridge may
refer to: Old
Stone Arch Bridge (Clark Center, Illinois) Old
Stone Arch (Marshall, Illinois), a
stone arch bridge Old
Stone Arch...
- and
enhancing methods such as
arches and keystones.
There were
three major types of
Roman bridge: wooden, pontoon, and
stone.
Early Roman bridges were wooden...
- A
keystone (or capstone) is the wedge-shaped
stone at the apex of a
masonry arch or
typically round-shaped one at the apex of a vault. In both
cases it...
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superstructure of a building's roof. A
corbel arch is
constructed by
offsetting successive horizontal courses of
stone (or brick)
beginning at the springline...
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pointed arch,
ogival arch, or
Gothic arch is an
arch with a
pointed crown meet at an
angle at the top of the
arch. Also
known as a two-centred
arch, its...
- A skew
arch (also
known as an
oblique arch) is a
method of
construction that
enables an
arch bridge to span an
obstacle at some
angle other than a right...
