Bridge Engineering: What is bridge and bridge engineering? Bridge as key element in transportation

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A bridge is a structure that is built to provide a passageway over an obstacle of rivers, valley, or road, etc. without closing the way underneath. This passageway is used to facilitate the movement of traffic or loads across these physical obstacles.

A Simple Bridge

A Truss Bridge

A Bridge

Bridge maybe considered as the lifeline of the modern era. Being a passageway over the physical obstacles, it facilitates the transportation of goods and passage of people from one side to another. In the post bridge era, these physical obstacles have blocked mankind of different regions to connect to each other, share their culture and knowledge, and to facilitate business with each other. But the construction of bridges came as a boon for mankind. With the facilitation of connecting each other came the sharing of knowledge and doing business which resulted in the growth of mankind.

What is bridge engineering?

Bridge engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of bridges to facilitate the safe travel of people, vehicles, and goods from one side to another over a physical obstacle such as a body of water, valley, roads, etc.

Bridge as a key element in transportation

A bridge is a key element in transportation for the given reasons:

A bridge is a structure that requires a high-cost per kilometer, so it requires a large fund in comparison to the roads. These funds will affect the width and strength of the bridge. And, if the bridge is not wide enough to carry the required number of lanes, it will result in the constriction to the traffic flow. So, however wide a road may be, it is the bridge that controls the capacity of traffic.

And, if the bridge fails, the whole system of transportation fails.

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