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Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden, a modern bridge on the route of one of the oldest known timber bridges. The most ancient form of timber bridge is the log bridge, created by felling a tree over a gap needing to be crossed. [citation needed] Among the oldest timber bridges is the Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden crossing upper Lake Zürich in ...
The oldest surviving truss bridge in the world is the Kapellbrücke in Switzerland, first built in the 1300s. Modern-style timber truss bridges were pioneered in Switzerland in the mid-1700s. [9] Germany has 70 surviving historic wooden covered bridges. [10]
Timber truss bridges, and timber bridges generally were so common that NSW was known to travellers as the "timber bridge state". [1] The following list illustrates the development of New South Wales bridge construction techniques. The list commences from the earlier constructions through to the later developments.
Seventeen historic covered bridges; the three oldest ones are also the longest. U.S. Wisconsin: The only remaining historic covered bridge in Wisconsin is the covered bridge in Cedarburg. [16] [17] There are also the Smith Rapids Covered Bridge in Park Falls built in 1991, [18] and the Springwater Volunteer Covered Bridge built in 1997. [19]
Among the oldest timber bridges is the Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden bridge that crossed upper Lake Zürich in Switzerland; prehistoric timber pilings discovered to the west of the Seedamm causeway date back to 1523 BC.
The U Bein bridge in Myanmar is the longest and oldest teakwood bridge in the world. The 3,967 foot bridge was built in 1851 after the capital moved to Amarapura. It spans across the Taungthaman ...
The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland.Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, [1] the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in ...
State Bridge No. 123A Replaced Timber stringer: 1933 1996 Road 123 (Stratham Lane) Kings Causeway Branch Milford: Kent: DE-53: State Bridge No. 456 Replaced Timber stringer: 1934 1996 Road 45 (Walker School Road) Sawmill Branch of Smyrna River: Townsend