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==Gallery== {{Cleanup gallery|date=July 2021}} <!-- Does it really matter? --> <gallery mode="packed" caption="Different types of arch bridges"> File:Velia.jpg|The [[dry stone]] bridge, so called ''Porta Rosa'' (4th century BCE), in [[Velia (town)|Elea]], [[Province of Salerno]], [[Campania]], [[Italy]] File:Krumlov13(js).jpg|Bridge in [[Český Krumlov]], the [[Czech Republic]] File:Puente del Diablo, Martorell, Catalonia, Spain. Pic 01.jpg|Pointed arch of the Spanish Sant Bartomeu Bridge or [[Puente del Diablo (Martorell)|Puente del Diablo]] (1282) — one of many Devil's bridges, mainly found around Europe File:Alte Nahebrücke, Bad Kreuznach.jpg|[[Alte Nahebrücke (Bad Kreuznach)|Alte Nahebrücke]] ({{circa|1300}}) supports buildings on its [[pier]]s File:J24 089e Krämerbrücke.jpg|[[Krämerbrücke]] (1325) – longest continuously inhabited bridge in Europe. File:Stari Most22.jpg|Ottoman 16th-century single-arch bridge [[Stari most]] over the River [[Neretva]] in [[Mostar]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] File:Ponte Santa Trinita a Firenze.jpg|[[Ponte Santa Trinita]] (1569) — the first bridge with elliptic arches File:Rialto bridge 2011.jpg|[[Rialto Bridge]] (1591) over the [[Grand Canal (Venice)|Grand Canal]] in [[Venice]], Italy File:Το Γεφύρι της Άρτας.JPG|[[Bridge of Arta]] in [[Arta, Greece]] — a 17th-century Ottoman reconstruction of an ancient Roman bridge File:Gaoliang Bridge.JPG|A masonry [[moon bridge]] showing the buttressing approach ramps that take the horizontal thrust of the arch File:Fredrikstad BridgeacrossGlomma01.JPG|Fredrikstad bridge in [[Fredrikstad]], [[Norway]] File:MainStPano.jpg|The [[Main Street Bridge (Columbus)|Main Street Bridge]] in [[Columbus, OH]] is the only inclined-arch suspension bridge in North America. File:Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge.JPG|The [[Chaotianmen Bridge]] in [[Chongqing]], [[China]], is the world's longest [[through arch bridge]]. File:Garabit.jpg|The [[Garabit Viaduct]] is a wrought iron [[truss arch bridge]]. File:Grosvenor Bridge Chester3.JPG|[[Grosvenor Bridge (Chester)|Grosvenor Bridge]] over the [[River Dee, Wales|River Dee]] in [[Chester]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]], UK File:Richmond Bridge Panorama Restitch.jpg|[[Richmond Bridge (Tasmania)|Richmond Bridge]] (1825), near [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]] the oldest operational bridge in Australia File:Union Arch Bridge MD 2008.jpg|[[Union Arch Bridge]] (1864) carrying the [[Washington Aqueduct]] and [[MacArthur Boulevard (Washington, D.C.)|MacArthur Boulevard]] at [[Cabin John, Maryland|Cabin John]], [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]], [[Maryland]], USA File:Memorial Bridge sunrise.jpg|[[Arlington Memorial Bridge]] (late 19th century) over the [[Potomac River]] in [[Washington, DC]], USA File:Key Bridge, Washington D.C.jpg|[[Francis Scott Key Bridge (Washington)|Francis Scott Key Bridge]] over the [[Potomac River]] in [[Washington, DC]], USA File:2007 04 25 - WWB 44.JPG|[[Woodrow Wilson Bridge]] carrying [[Interstate 95]] (I-95) and the [[Capital Beltway]] over the [[Potomac River]] between [[Alexandria, Virginia]] and [[Oxon Hill, Maryland]], USA File:Tyne Bridge - Newcastle Upon Tyne - England - 2004-08-14.jpg|[[Tyne Bridge]] over the [[River Tyne]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[England]], UK File:Hell Gate Bridge by Dave Frieder.jpg|[[Hell Gate Bridge]] over the [[East River]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], USA File:Sydney Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay.jpg|[[Sydney Harbour Bridge]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia File:201701 G164 on Jinhua–Wenzhou HSR over Daxi River.jpg|Daxi River Bridge of [[Jinhua–Wenzhou High Speed Railway]] </gallery>
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