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Bridges across time shape nations and travel
Prepared by the National Geographic Society recounts how bridges from ancient arch spans to modern trestles shaped empires and daily life. It highlights Xerxes, Caesar, Napoleon, and Gilded Age builders like Roebling and Eads, the growth of railways, and the cultural myths around bridges while noting the vast, hard to count number of American bridges and their role in movement, commerce, and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geopraphic Society
Washington, D.C
WNU
Xerxes
Hellespont
Rome
Europe
Caesar
Rhine
Seine
Napoleon
Zachary Taylor
War Department
America
United States Army Engineers
United States
Pittsburgh
Israel
Red Sea
Tibet
Africas
Peru
Golden Gate Bridge
Sydney
Australia
Semiramis
B. C
Euphrates
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Hebylon
Ctesiphon Palace
Middle West
Indian Territory
Mississippi
Davenport
Iowa
Abraham Lincoln
James B. Eads
St. Louis
Eads
John A. Roebling
Brooklyn Bridge
Roebling
George Washington Bridge
Hudson
New York
New Golden Gate Bridge
Smyrna
St. Paul
Christ
Rio Grande
el Paso
Juarez
Taft
Diaz
Mexico
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
Niagara Peace Bridge
China
Mark Sykes
Congress
Japan
Alabama