People and Places
The city where the Mathematical Bridge is located.
What is Cambridge?
This bridge is a good design for spanning a short, low gap and is supported at each end.
What is a beam bridge?
A large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete.
What is a slab?
The number of bridges that cross the River Cam.
What is 24?
The college to which the Mathematical Bridge connects two buildings.
What is Queens' College?
This type of bridge is often used for railways because it can support heavy weight and vibrations using a pattern of triangles.
What is a truss bridge?
To become or make larger or more extensive.
What is expand?
The main reason the legend about Sir Isaac Newton is likely false.
What is the bridge that was built 22 years after he died?
The person often mistakenly credited with designing the bridge.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
This bridge supports weight by a squeezing force carried along its curve.
What is an arch bridge?
A long, strong piece of timber or metal used to support a roof or floor.
What is a beam?
The year the bridge was first rebuilt.
What is 1866?
The name of the river that flows under the bridge.
What is the River Cam?
This bridge hangs from steel cables and is best for going over large bodies of water.
What is a suspension bridge?
Curved symmetrical structures spanning an opening.
What are arches?
The specific change that was made to the bridge deck in 1866.
What is changing it from a stepped design to a sloped one?
The person who actually built the bridge.
Who is James Essex the Younger?
Like a suspension bridge, but its cables are tied directly from the deck to the pylon towers.
What is a cable-stayed bridge?
A new method, idea, or product.
What is innovation?
The reason a complete rebuild of the bridge was needed in 1905.
What is weathering of the original oak structure?