David Ross specialises in maritime, engineering and railway history and he has written and contributed to numerous books on these subjects. His most recent books are *Abandoned Industrial Places*, *Rail Journeys*, *Coast*, *Lighthouses*, *Ships Visual Encyclopedia*, *Submarines*, and *Battleships*. He lives in England.

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• Contents to includeAncient and Medieval bridges, 62 BCE–1499 Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge), Lucerne, Switzerland Ponte Fabricio, Rome, Italy Puente Trajan (Trajan's Bridge) Alcántara, Estremadura, Spain Ponte di Tiberio (Tiberius Bridge), Rimini, Italy Acueducto de los Milagros (Aqueduct of the Miracles), Mérida, Spain Pont du Gard, Nîmes, France Puente Romano (Roman Bridge), Córdoba, Spain Segovia Aqueduct, Spain Segura Aqueduct, Castelo Branco, Portugal Adana Roman Bridge, Turkey Ponte Sant' Angelo, Rome, Italy Aqueduct of Valens, Istanbul, Turkey Malabadi Bridge, Diyarbakir Province, Turkey Anji (Zhaozhu) Bridge, Hebei Province, China Dicle Bridge, Diyarbakir, Turkey Puente la Reina (Queen's Bridge), Navarre, Spain Pont Vieux (Old Bridge), Albi, France Puente Viejo (Old Bridge), Besalú, Catalonia, Spain High Bridge, Lincoln, England Lugou or Marco Polo Bridge, Beijing, China Vieux Pont (Old Bridge), Béziers, France Hasankeyf Bridge, Anatolia, Turkey Salahin Bridge, Alaverdi, Armenia Citadel Bridge, Aleppo, Syria Ponts Couverts, Strasbourg, France Monnow Bridge, Monmouth, Wales Starý Most (Old Bridge), Písek, South Bohemia, Czech Republic Ponte Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy Kraemerbrücke (Merchant's Bridge), Erfurt, Germany Pont Valentré, Cahors, France Puente de San Martin, Toledo, Spain Puente de Frías, Burgos Province, Spain Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge), Florence, Italy Ponte Visconti, Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy Kasteel Doorwerth, Gelderland, Netherlands Obere Brücke (Upper Bridge), Bamberg, Germany Karlův Most (Charles Bridge), Prague, Czech RepublicThe Early Modern Period, 1500-1700 Brig o' Doon, Alloway, Scotland Slaters' Bridge, Cumbria, England Old Bridge, Stirling, Scotland Dyavolski Most (Devil's Bridge), Ardino, Bulgaria Bar Aqueduct, Stari Bar, Montenegro Stari Most ('Old Bridge'), Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina Essex Bridge, Shugborough, England Padre Tembleque Aqueduct, Tepeyahualco, Mexico Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, Visegrad, Bosnia-Herzegovina Ponte dei Tre Archi, Venice, Italy Puente de Segovia, Madrid, Spain Seher-Cehajina Ćuprija (Governor's Bridge), Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An, Vietnam Ponte di Rialto, Venice, Italy Stara Ćuprija (Old Bridge), Konjic, Bosnia-Herzegovina Malmsmead Bridge, Oare, Somerset, England Yulong Bridge, Yangshuo, China Shaharah Bridge, Yemen Ponte dei Sospiri (Bridge of Sighs), Venice, Italy Si-o-se Pol (33-Arch Bridge), Isfahan, Iran Pont Neuf, Paris, France Puente de Piedra (Stone Bridge), Zamora, Spain Arta Bridge, Arachthos River, Greece Somerset Lifting Bridge, Bermuda Gongchen Bridge, Hangzhou, China Korenbeursbrug (Cornmarket Bridge), Leiden, Netherlands Pol e-Khaju (Khaju Bridge), Isfahan, Iran Watendlath Bridge, Cumbria, England Kintai Bridge, Iwakuni, JapanEighteenth and Nineteenth Century Bridges Puente Nuevo (New Bridge), Ronda, Spain Holzbrücke (Wooden Bridge), Bad Säckingen, Germany Luding Chain Bridge, China The 'Seventeen Hole' Bridge, Beijing, China Arcos da Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Puente de Toledo, Madrid, Spain Lejonströmsbron (Lejonström Bridge), Skellefteå, Sweden Venedictos Bridge, Grevena Prefecture, Greece Jade Belt Bridge, Beijing, China Pulteney Bridge, Bath, England Figured Bridge, Tsaritsyno Park, Moscow, Russia Siberian Marble Gallery, Tsarskoe Selo, Russia The Iron Bridge, Ironbridge, England Lomonosov Bridge, St Petersburg, Russia Alte Brücke (Old Bridge), Heidelberg, Germany Pont de la Concorde, Paris, France Halfpenny Bridge, Lechlade, England Puente Nuevo (New Bridge), Ronda, Spain Norrbro (North Bridge), Stockholm, Sweden Old Bridge, Bewdley, England Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Llangollen, Wales Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin, Ireland Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland Conwy Suspension Bridge, Conwy, Wales Pont de Pierre (Stone Bridge), Bordeaux, France Kilenclyukú Híd (Nine-Hole Bridge), Hortobágy National Park, Hungary Széchenyi Bridge, Budapest, Hungary Royal Border Bridge, Berwick, England U Bein Bridge, Amarapura, Myanmar Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge, England 'Bridge of Lies', Sibiu, Romania Rakotzbrücke, Park Kromlau, Germany Huc Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England Konitsa Bridge, Greece Kuldiga Bridge, Latvia Margit Híd (Margaret Bridge), Budapest, Hungary Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, Canada Flume Covered Bridge, New Hampshire, USA Forth Railway Bridge, Scotland Lispole Viaduct, Kerry, Ireland Tower Bridge, London, EnglandTwentieth Century Bridges Tower Bridge, Sacramento, USA Mexican Canyon Trestle, New Mexico, USA Victoria Falls Bridge, Zimbabwe/Zambia Solkan Bridge, Slovenia, Europe Glienicke Bridge, Germany Yutengping Bridge, Taiwan Zverynas Bridge. Vilnius, Lithuania Cassagne Bridge, France Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge, Saint Petersburg, Russia Manhattan Bridge, New York City, USA Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge, China Quebec Bridge, Quebec, Canada Michigan Avenue Bridge, Chicago, USA Nine Arches Bridges, Demodara, Sri Lanka Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, Royal gorge Bridge, Colorado, USA George Washington Bridge, Washington Heights, USA Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, Canada Goodpasture Covered Bridge, Oregon, USA Bridge over Tara river canyon, Montenegro Kolkata Howrah Bridge, India Bridge of the River Kwai, Kanchanaburi, Thailand Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, Louisiana, USA Crescent City Connection Bridge, New Orleans, Louisiana Evergreen point floating bridge, Washington, USA The Zeelandbrug (Zeeland Bridge), Zeeland, The Netherlands Severn Bridge, England San Mateo Bridge, California, USA Oland Bridge, Kalmar, Sweden Bosphorus Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia, USA Krk Bridge, Krk, Croatia Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Florida, USA Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Kobe, Japan The Nanpu Bridge, in Shanghai, China Lusitania Bridge, Merida, Spain Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo, Japan Wildlife crossing, Banff, Canada Los Angeles 110 and 105 freeway interchange bridges, California, USA Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong, China Confederation Bridge, Canada The Great Belt Bridge, Denmark Vasco da gama bridge. Lisbon Portugal Chesapeake Bay Bridge, USA Akashi Kaikyo bridge, Kobe, Japan21st Century Bridges Tradeston Bridge, Glasgow, Scotland Millennium Bridge, London Puente de la Mujer, Buenos Aires, Argentina Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane, Australia Beipan River Bridge, Guizhou province, China. Mubarak Peace Bridge, Suez Canal, Egypt Python Bridge, Amsterdam JK Bridge, Brasilia, Brazil Dongting Lake Bridge, China Rama IX Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand Seri Wawasan Bridge, Malaysia Lalon Shah Bridge, Bangladesh Bolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge, Russia Millau Viaduct, France BP Bridge Chicago, USA Sundial bridge, Sacramento, California Sea Cliff Bridge, New South Wales, Australia Donghai Bridge, China Langkawi Air Bridge, Malaysia Svinesund Bridge, Norway/Sweden Zhivopisny Bridge, Moscow, Russia Henderson Waves Bridge, Singapore Assut de l'Or Bridge, Spain Al Garhoud bridge, Creek, Dubai, UAR Chaotianmen Bridge, Chongqing, China Estaiada Bridge, Sao Paulo, Brazil Helix Bridge, Singapore Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, Qingdao Haiwan bay, China Tokyo Gate Bridge, Tokyo Bay, Japan Russky Bridge, Eastern Bosphorus strait, Russia Zolotoy Bridge, Vladistok, Russia Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Dallas, USA New Lift Bridge, Gironde, France Dragon Bridge, Da Nang, Vietnam Trojan Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic Osman Gazi Bridge, Turkey Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge, Switzerland