A bridge is a structure designed to span an obstacle, such as a river or railway, allowing vehicles, pedestrians and other loads to pass across. The cited article says most bridges consist of a flat deck supported by beams, arches or cables, that they rest on a foundation carefully designed to transfer the weight of the bridge to the subsoil without settling, and that bridges can be constructed in a wide variety of forms determined by the location, intended purpose and available construction technologies. Simple bridge structures include beam bridges made from logs. Buildings recorded in the atlas as bridges are grouped under this concept.
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Domain (category)The source defines a bridge as a load-bearing structure; mapping it onto the atlas domain list is an editorial classification. Concept DomainStructures spanning obstacles 1 Connections
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Source Freeway Lid (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia, lead section
A bridge is a structure designed to span an obstacle, such as a river or railway, allowing vehicles, pedestrians, and other loads to pass across.
Wikipedia, lead section, first sentence
A bridge is a structure designed to span an obstacle, such as a river or railway, allowing vehicles, pedestrians, and other loads to pass across.
Wikipedia, lead section, first sentence, opening clause
a structure designed to span an obstacle, such as a river or railway
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Building Type Of: Freeway Lid, Lead paragraphQuote, Building Type Of: Freeway Lid, Lead paragraph
is a deck bridge built on top of a controlled-access highway or other roadway
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