Bridges, both big and small, are one of the most visually striking pieces of infrastructure.
Building bridges can be challenging, with a wide range of equipment and techniques being used to bring them to fruition.
Bridges have, from earliest times, counted among some of the most iconic and spectacular engineering achievements of mankind – as well as the most useful.
Tower cranes, mobile cranes, crawler cranes, strand-jacks, and SPMTs can all play their part in building bridges.
Today’s bridge-building spans the scale from mega-projects to small intimate foot- or cycle-crossings;
Author summary: Bridges are iconic engineering achievements.