The Concrete Bridge (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Concrete Bridge: A Book on Why the Concrete Bridge Is Replacing Other Forms of Bridge ConstructionPage Verewith side walls and earth roadway. Occasionally the side walls are omitted, and the roadway is carried on columns resting on the arch. The arch is not always the full width of the bridge, the width being made up of two or more individual arches with a light floor between.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.