History
The earliest large bridges, and also the earliest concrete bridges, were Roman segmental arch bridge.
The first segmental concrete bridge, built in 1950, was cast-in-place across the Lahn River in Balduinstein, Germany.
The first precast segmental concrete bridge, built in 1962, crossed the Seine River in France.
Read more about this topic: Segmental Bridge
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