This history of the world's most famous spans is written and designed by the same author/designer team that produced the highly popular "Skyscrapers." These spectacles of stone, steel, wood, and concrete - from the ancient RomanPont du Gard to the unfinished Kaikyo Bridge across the Akashi Straits in Japan - is conveyed in a unique 18" wide and 7 /1/2" high format with page spreads opening up to a full yard! Nearly sixty bridges dazzlingly presented and described. Illus., 200 B&W photos. 128p.
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This history of the world's most famous spans is written and designed by the same author/designer team that produced the highly popular "Skyscrapers." These spectacles of stone, steel, wood, and concrete - from the ancient RomanPont du Gard to the unfinished Kaikyo Bridge across the Akashi Straits in Japan - is conveyed in a unique 18" wide and 7 /1/2" high format with page spreads opening up to a full yard! Nearly sixty bridges dazzlingly presented and described. Illus., 200 B&W photos. 128p.