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Unit 4: FAMOUS BRIDGES
Lead-in
1. What famous bridges do you know?
2. Which of them are your favourite? Why?
Find the following terms and memorize their meaning.
| angled supports anchorage anchored appearance artificial island beam spanning blast bridge trestles bridge-tunnel complex caisson's disease causeway clearance complex network counterbalance counteract cut off dip dismantle dolphin explosive feat lane | lightpoles lightweight magnitude mandatory maintain modeled after peninsula rivet snap shipping traffic solid ground supplemental columns sway swing spans tetanus total triangular braces tuned mass dampers withstand wreck resistant rigid |
Famous Cantilever and Cable-Stayed Bridges
Text 1: Firth of Forth Bridge
