Bridge That Gap! (Part 2) - Structural behaviour (08)

"It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, not a palace but a bridge." - Montgomery Schuyler on the Brooklyn Bridge (1883) There is little more that needs to be said on bridges... Although Janet & Ellie do try! Today we discuss the main features of the 'majestic' suspension bridge and the 'fashionable' cable stayed bridge.