tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post3132956079557380950..comments2024-03-11T16:49:27.614+00:00Comments on The Happy Pontist: Irish Bridges: 1. Ha'penny Bridge, DublinThe Happy Pontisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15252272118786667592noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-18292701392469648432015-01-20T19:27:21.919+00:002015-01-20T19:27:21.919+00:00That's an interesting perspective. For a moder...That's an interesting perspective. For a modern variation on the theme, the Pont de Solferino is perhaps an appropriate example: http://www.francoisegomarin.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/leopold_sedar_senghor.jpgThe Happy Pontisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252272118786667592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-78174982409527402372015-01-20T09:49:11.968+00:002015-01-20T09:49:11.968+00:00When I first saw this bridge on "magazine&quo...When I first saw this bridge on "magazine" photographs - already after the refurbishment -, I thought it was a rather new structure. I realized only later that the bridge is quite old. In my opinion, its modernity comes from the shape of the arch ribs: they appear as a curved Vierendeel-truss with varying height - a bold venture to analyze such a structure. First, I had the impression that the "idea" behind the shape was an abstraction - or better, a materialization - of a quadrilateral finte element mesh - to me, this is where the sense of modernness came from.Imrenoreply@blogger.com