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in japan ancestor clapper bridge descendant truss arch bridge , moon bridge (masonry) carries pedestrians , vehicles , light rail , heavy rail , water span range short, but often set end-to-end to form a large total length material masonry , concrete , wrought iron , cast iron , timber , structural steel
continued to be built by many civil engineers, including thomas telford , isambard kingdom brunel and john rennie . a key pioneer was jean-rodolphe perronet , who used much narrower piers, revised calculation methods and exceptionally low span-to-rise ratios. different materials, such as cast iron , steel...
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