![]() ![]() ![]() One of four bridges in England having a chapel. On the site of the current Newcastle Swing Bridge, the medieval bridge was swept away in the Great Flood of Newcastle in 1771.ĥ0☄3′09″N 3☃2′09″W / 50.719111°N 3.535800°W / 50.719111 -3.535800 ( Old Exe Bridge) Asserted to be the only habitable bridge in the southern hemisphere. Included residential space for "bridge-keeper" and family, no longer in use. These also are not intended to be included.īridges having buildings (with significant commercial, residential, governmental, or religious worship space) include:īrisbane, Queensland 27☃0′21″S 152★8′25″E / 27.505773°S 152.973606☎ / -27.505773 152.973606 ( Walter Taylor Bridge) And certain other bridge-like structures did provide complete spans but were not open to the public for crossing, such as perhaps some château in France, perhaps a building in Amberg, Germany ( File:Nuernberg-fronfeste-und-kettensteg-v-O.jpg, at 49☂6′50″N 11★1′20″E / 49.44734494449012°N 11.855433☎ / 49.44734494449012 11.855433 ( Fronfest Amberg?) over the Vils river), and numerous private buildings such as the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Fallingwater residence over Bear Run in Pennsylvania. However, bridge-like structures such as Heilig-Geist-Spital, a hospital built out over two arched spans into the Pegnitz river in Nuremberg, but which did not ever provide a complete crossing to the other side, are not included. The term "covered bridge" is sometimes used broadly to describe any "bridge-like structure" that is covered by a roof. ![]() These are not included here please see List of covered bridges. The term "covered bridges" is also used for structures in China such as Chengyang Bridge (1912) and Xijin Bridge (rebuilt 1718) which have large enclosed spaces, but for these it appears that space is not provided for commercial or residential use. Other covered bridges in Germany, the United States, and elsewhere might be seen as "buildings" in that their roof protects an enclosed area, but the purpose of the covering is to preserve the structure and the enclosed space is primarily for traffic to pass through. Some " covered bridges" such as Pont de Rohan, in Landerneau, and the Pont des Marchands, in Narbonne, both in France, had residential buildings these two were among at least 45 inhabited bridges that once existed in Europe, and when the rest are known all should be added here. Many bridges include pavilions or other shelters serving pedestrians crossing the bridge, without providing commercial, residential, governmental, or religious worship space these are not included. Various blog-like and magazine-type sources attempt to itemize them, but find only a few. There exist numerous proposals for inhabited bridges, including 73 designs submitted in the Royal Institute of British Architects' competition at the 800th anniversary of London Bridge, but the table here presents only bridges actually built. This list attempts to identify all the existing ones and notable former ones featuring significant closed commercial, residential, governmental, or religious worship structures. There are very few bridges with buildings in the world. ![]()
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