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World's Greatest Bridges

7.0 / 10 · 1 votes

2017

~45 min / ep

1 season

6 episodes

Documentary

Discover how and why the world’s most iconic bridges were built.

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World's Greatest Bridges I Starts Friday at 8pm I Channel 5

Rob Bell

1.Golden Gate Bridge
27-10-201745 min
Rob Bell visits San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and meets the people who keep it operational, as well as discovering the fascinating history of a bridge that many claimed was im...
2.Sydney Harbour Bridge
03-11-201745 min
Sydney Harbour Bridge is the world's tallest and widest steel arched bridge. Connecting the northern suburbs with the city centre, it brought together a city divided not just by wa...
3.The Iron Bridge, Shropshire
10-11-201745 min
Rob Bell explores the history and construction of the world's first bridge to be constructed entirely from iron.
4.Brooklyn Bridge
17-11-201745 min
Rob Bell reveals that the building of the Brooklyn bridge was a classic New York tale of big money, corruption, ambition, death and tragedy.
5.The Millau Viaduct
24-11-201745 min
Rob Bell looks at two bridges by British architect Lord Norman Foster - the Millau Viaduct in southern France and London's Millennium Bridge.
6.Severn Bridge
01-12-201745 min
Rob Bell reveals why the design of the Severn suspension bridge revolutionised bridge-building and the dangers involved in the construction.

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