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What enables a simple arch bridge to support such great weight? What holds up a suspension bridge? Bridge the world with award-winning author-illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay, and meet the brilliant designers who dared to extend roads and railways with ingenious but sometimes flawed designs. From the Golden Gate Bridge to some of the world's groundbreaking spans, you'll explore dozens of monumental engineering feats through...

"The Golden Gate Bridge is a vital artery for the city of San Francisco. The critics said it could never be built. The project looked impossible; the span of the bay was too wide; the shore was too unstable; and the tides too turbulent. Learn why engineer Joseph B. Strauss' plans proved to be a masterpiece of design and function. In four years, the longest, highest, most spectacular suspension bridge on Earth opened to the public, and went on to become...