Bridges (Hardcover)

This book presents fabulous photographs, many of them huge panoramas, of all the major types of bridges that have been built in the world, including: Coalbrookdale Ironbridge; Forth Bridge; Pulteney Bridge, Bath; Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge; Conway Bridge, Anglesey; Brunel's rail bridge, Saltash; Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol; Leaderfoot viaduct, Berwickshire; Tower Bridge, London; Suspension Bridge, Newport; Lowry Footbridge, Salford; Severn Crossing, South Wales; Humber Bridge, Hull; Skye Bridge, Scotland; Millenium Footbridge, Gateshead; Millenium Bridge, London; Boyne Bridge, Northern Ireland; James Joyce Bridge, Dublin; Budapest Chain, Hungary; Millau Viaduct, France; Pont Neuf, Paris; Pont du Gard, Nimes; Ponte Pietra, Verona; Ponte Vecchio, Florence; Rialto Bridge, Venice; Mostar Bridge, Bosnia; Enneus Heerma Bridge, Holland; Hohenzollern Bridge, Cologne; and, Atlanterhavsveien, Norway. The bridges appear in approximate chronological order: Prehistoric to 1499; 1500-1799; 1801-1900; 1901-1945; 1946 to the present - with concise but insightful captions full of historical and engineering information, following an introduction describing the various bridge designs and materials, and a glossary of terms. This is the latest title in Compendium's new "Panoramic View Series" - huge coffee-table sized books, which use 16-inch wide pages to present the most beautiful panoramic views of the world's heritage and countryside. It features 212 full colour photographs, mainly single- and double-page spreads.