Bridges celebrates the technical and artistic achievements in the creation, design, engineering, construction, and social history of more than 1 00 great bridges from around the worid. Organized chronologically te follow the stages in the development of bridge construction, each chapter opens with an introduction, followed by in~depth consideration of specially chosen exemplary bridges. "Vital statistics" are given for each bridge discussed, such as location, date of construction, designer, materials, dimensions, and so en, accompanied by an account of the creation of the bridge, inciuding difficulties overcome, hardships, and disasters endured, solutions conceived, and innovations refined te provide the basis for future progress.The final chapter moves en to the dawn of the new millennium examining ground-breaking designs and unbuilt projects.