Timber bridge
Beam bridge | |
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The Beam bridge | |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Wood |
Trestles are useful as approaches to bridges over marshes and shallows | |
| Material | Timber, iron, steel, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete |
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A timber bridge or wooden bridge is a bridge that uses timber or wood as its principal structural material. One of the first forms of bridge, those of timber have been used since ancient times.