Covered Bridge - Other Covered Bridges

Other Covered Bridges

The term covered bridge is also use to describe any bridge-like structure that is covered. For example

  • The Lovech Covered Bridge in Bulgaria is covered not for structural reasons, but to accommodate shops.
  • The Pont de Rohan in Landerneau, France is one of 45 inhabited bridges in Europe.
  • A tubular bridge is a bridge built as a rigid box girder section within which the traffic is carried. Examples include the Britannia Bridge and the Conwy Railway Bridge in the United Kingdom.
  • A skyway is a type of urban pedway consisting of an enclosed or covered footbridge between two buildings, designed to protect pedestrians from the weather. For example, the Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge, and Oxford's Bridge of Sighs and Logic Lane covered bridge.
  • A jet bridge is an enclosed, movable connector which extends from an airport terminal gate to an airplane, allowing passengers to board and disembark without having to go outside.
  • Some stone arch bridges are covered to protect pedestrians or as a decoration as with the Italian Ponte Coperto and Rialto Bridge, and the Chùa Cầu (the Japanese Bridge; picture) in Vietnam.

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