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IV. Match the meanings of these terms with their definition:
| drawbridge suspension bridge pier obstacle steel bridge girder log |
1. unhewn piece of a felled tree; any large rough piece of wood
2. a structure providing a way across a river, road, railway, etc.
3. iron or steel beam or compound structure for bridge-building etc.
4. hinged retractable bridge, esp. over a moat.
5. bridge with a roadway suspended from cables supported by towers
6. strong malleable alloy of iron and carbon
7. a support of an arch or of the span of a bridge; pillar
8. thing that obstructs progress, stands in the way
V. Match the period with the description:
| 1. many large-scale steel suspension bridges were constructed over major waterways 2. drawbridges were built across the moats of many castles in Europe 3. arch bridges were built of bricks and stone as building materials. 4. bridge design and construction were aimed to carry these heavy vehicles over new obstacles 5. a practical process for converting cast iron into steel was developed 6. period of large-scale bridge building in Europe and Asia | 1. the 20th century 2. ancient Rome 3. between 1830 and 1880 4. the second half of the 19th century 5. late 19th 6. the Middle Ages |
