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How to build a bridge

In this series, we’ll share a brief history of bridges, explore the different types, key design considerations and construction methods such as box jacking.

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Introduction to Bridging Structures

In this video Nick Boyle, Technical Director at Balfour Beatty shares an introduction to the history of bridges, what is a bridging structure and how to define a bridge type and common bridge components. In addition, Nick provides step-by-step example of the stages in constructing a short span overbridge and underbridge.

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