Q: Is a bridge a structure built to span physical obstacles without closing the way underneath such as a body of water? ¶
A: Yes, and valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle.
Q: Were bridges built? ¶
A: Yes, and many using the ideas of Gustave Eiffel.
Q: Are bridges viaducts? ¶
A: Yes, such as the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway and Millau Viaduct.
Q: Are bridges built much taller than necessary? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a bridge constructed and anchored? ¶
A: Yes, and the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it.
Q: Are bridges fixed bridges? ¶
A: Yes, and meaning they have no moving parts and stay in one place until they fail or are demolished.
Q: Was a bridge swept away during a flood, and later repaired by Puspagupta, the chief architect of emperor Chandragupta I? ¶
A: Yes, The use of stronger bridges using plaited bamboo and iron chain was visible in India by about the 4th century.
Q: Are bridges designed to move out of the way of boats or other kinds of traffic? ¶
A: Yes, and which would otherwise be too tall to fit.
Q: Are bridges utilitarian in appearance? ¶
A: Yes, but in some cases, the appearance of the bridge can have great importance.
Q: Are bridges extremely rare? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a bridge also historically significant as it is the world's oldest open-spandrel stone segmental arch bridge? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are bridges currently built in concrete? ¶
A: Yes, and steel, fiber reinforced polymers , stainless steel or combinations of those materials.
Q: Are bridges subject to unplanned uses as well? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are bridges of special concern for structural engineers in trying to learn lessons vital to bridge design? ¶
A: Yes, and construction and maintenance.
Q: Is a bridge being rebuilt? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a bridge one of four Mycenaean corbel arch bridges part of a former network of roads? ¶
A: Yes, and designed to accommodate chariots, between the fort of Tiryns and town of Epidauros in the Peloponnese, in southern Greece.
Q: Was a bridge reserved exclusively for the use of the Emperor? ¶
A: Yes, and Empress, and their attendants.
Q: Is a bridge examples? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were bridges made out of timber? ¶
A: Yes, and stone and masonry.