Bridges

I regularly watch the Discovery Channel and the show about extreme constructions. I think that construction is the most difficult and demanding type of art. Not everyone can make a 100-storey building and the pool at the top of the building. That any building can sway in strong winds, not collapse when there is an earthquake, is harder than the most difficult operation.

My dad was involved in construction, so from an early age I listened to him tell me about the building a house from the foundation to the roof. So much math, so much budget, for an ordinary house and only for a 100-storey building or a bridge as long as who knows how many kilometers.

Today's topic is the bridge. The bridge has always been a fascinating structure for me. How to connect two shores with everything standing still and not risky for people crossing? There are several large bridges in the city where I live, because the city is located at the confluence of two rivers, the Sava and the Danube.

There is one of pure steel, of standard construction. Large steel pillars were driven into the riverbed, which are connected by large and long steel plates, where rails are installed and a tram passes over it. That's why they call it the railway bridge, because of the railway. It connects the old and the new part of the city.

The other two bridges are standard concrete structures. Large concrete pillars driven into the riverbed, with a concrete fence and asphalt, also connect the old and new part of the city. One connects the city center and the beginning of the quay, and the other is actually the main highway E75, which runs through the whole country.

The most interesting bridge is the bridge that was recently built and which was on the Discovery Canal as an extreme structure. It is specific because it has a single huge concrete pillar, the so-called pylon, which is 200 m high and which is in the middle of the river. It holds steel cables on both sides that connect the old and the new part of the city. The pylon holds, believe it or not, the entire 900m length of the bridge.

Finally, I would like to mention three very interesting small bridges. They are located on a tourist trail, made above a small river on my favorite mountain. They are made as a tourist attraction. At the beginning of the path called the path of love is the bridge of love. In the middle of the trail is the bridge of marriage and at the end of the trail is the bridge of divorce. 😊

I hope you enjoyed my description of bridges.

Do you also consider bridges to be extreme constructions?

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