Bridges, used since Neolithic times, are pragmatic structures that are often purely utilitarian — stone, concrete, or steel and brutal — the cheapest way to allow passage over a chasm or body of water ...

Whether it's a crumbling old aqueduct or a striking hi-tech construction, a bridge can tell you a surprising amount about a place and its history. Pont Alexandre III is probably Paris' most ornate and ...

When you think of beautiful bridges, it’s probably the world-famous ones that spring to mind. Marvels of engineering like San ...

There are countless bridges worldwide–but which is the most beautiful? The magazine “Time Out” has decided and ranked the 19 most beautiful bridges in the world. The number one is in Europe.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Duncan Madden is a travel writer living in Köln, Barcelona and London. The world’s oldest known bridge lies in Tello, southern ...

See 15 superbly suspended structures from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Built in 1917-1919 ...

Beauty prizes for the handsomest U.S. bridges built last year were distributed last week by the American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc. The prize for the loveliest bridge costing over ...

Photo Courtesy:Ramirez - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wiki Commons. Whether it is Scandinavian innovation, a handmade rope crossing in the Peruvian Andes, or a skyline-defining landmark in a global city, ...

And Thee, across the harbor, silver-paced . . . (How could mere toil align thy choiring strings!) . . . Hart Crane (1930). To engineers and architects, Hart Crane’s rhapsody to Brooklyn Bridge was an ...