Infrastructure of America's Bridges

Infrastructure of America's Bridges
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Publisher : Mitchell Lane
Total Pages : 81
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ISBN-10 : 9781545745595
ISBN-13 : 1545745595
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Book Synopsis Infrastructure of America's Bridges by : Marty Gitlin

Download or read book Infrastructure of America's Bridges written by Marty Gitlin and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They hover over rivers and lakes and valleys and railroad tracks and even parts of oceans. They can be beautiful and they can be ugly. But most of all, they need to be safe. They are the bridges of the United States. And more than 50,000 of them are in poor condition. Read all about American bridges in need of repair in this book. Learn about the ones that have collapsed and the ones that remain open despite remaining in bad shape. The interesting stories here gives readers a tour of bridges both famous and obscure around the United States.


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