Artnet

Researchers Tested a 500-Year-Old Bridge Concept by Leonardo to See If His Revolutionary Design Would Work. It Did

In 1502, Leonardo da Vinci submitted a proposal for an inventive parabolic-arch bridge that would connect Istanbul with its sister city of Galata. Had it been erected, it would have become the longest ...
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500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In the early 1500s, Leonardo da Vinci designed a hypothetical bridge for the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. It was rejected. Over 500 years later, an ...
Ars Technica

Testing Leonardo da Vinci’s bridge: His design was stable, study finds

Pedestrians and bicyclists in Ås, Norway, use the Da Vinci Bridge to cross the city’s E-18 highway, a laminated-wood structure based on an early 16th-century sketch by Leonardo da Vinci. Had ...
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500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers at MIT have proven Leonardo da Vinci correct yet again, this time involving his design for what would have been a revolutionary bridge ...