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Moveable bridges are not modern inventions. Already long before Van Gogh, traffic systems and routes had to be bridged so that neither traffic flow interfered with the other. Building bridges at an elevation that allowed clearance for ship masts would be absurd. A second reason would be the fear of attackers: the ancients already had drawbridges for their fortresses.
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(2008). Play Stations. In: Footbridges. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8222-3_16
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