The term " pontiff " is derived from the Latin word pontifex, which literally means " bridge builder " ( pons + facere ), and which designated a member of the principal college of priests in ancient Rome.

** Robert Moses, American civil engineer, public works director, and highway and bridge builder ( d. 1981 )

Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE ( 1757 – 1834 ) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.

A number of apocryphal stories circulate concerning this-the one most commonly cited by members of college is that the original builder of the bridge was not paid the full amount for his work and so removed the segment to balance the difference in payment.

Along the Gelderse Ijssel an iron foundry and a concrete call centre have been established, as well as, near the bridge, a builder of motor yachts.

The Hierophant is thus a true “ pontiff ”, in that he is the builder of the bridge between deity and humanity.

* William Sooy Smith, Union general in the American Civil War and prominent postbellum bridge builder

It was completed, at a cost of $ 1, 500, in 1938 and was the last bridge of veteran bridge builder Otis Hamer.

Although he was acting on behalf of Thomas Bouch, the builder of the first railway bridge across the Tay, he performed his role with independence and tenacity.

* David Lennox ( 1788 – 1873 ), colonial bridge builder

Essex Building, erected 1756 – 60, is so named after its builder, James Essex the Younger ( 1722 – 1784 ), a local carpenter who had earlier erected the wooden bridge.

In 2009 however, he received a " bridge builder " award from the Norwegian-Pakistani committee for the celebration of the Pakistani Independence Day in Norway, for his " strong engagement in integration politics.

The title pontifex comes from the Latin for " bridge builder ", a possible allusion to a very early role in placating the gods and spirits associated with the Tiber River, for instance.

In 1782 Robert Tunstall, son of the builder of the first bridge, obtained consent to replace the bridge and work began on 4 June 1783, the anniversary date of the first bridge opening to the public.

* Thomas Telford ( 1757-1834 ) was a Scottish stonemason, architect and civil engineer and a noted road, bridge and canal builder, who for example managed the Ellesmere Canal and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

Shippey was born in India, where his father worked as a bridge builder.

Abraham Darby III was chosen as the preferred builder after quoting to build the bridge for £ 3, 150 /-/-.

The original deck was a long structural metal tube ( a tubular bridge ) made of prefabricated sections made in England and designed by Robert Stephenson, son of the builder of the famed Rocket locomotive, and Alexander McKenzie Ross.

Eads was the first bridge builder to employ the cantilever method, which allowed steam boat traffic to continue using the river during construction.

Investigators have said the bridge builder, Tindall Corp., used an improper additive to help the concrete filler at the bridge's center dry faster.

The old stone bridge of Pontardawe was built by William Edwards of Pontypridd, a famous bridge builder.

Colonel Frederick W. Lander, impersonated, will again make his break-neck ride down the steep declivity of Talbott's ( now College ) Hill and thunder across the bridge to join Colonel Benjamin F. Kelley's ( West ) Virginia Infantry, then swarming through the streets in pursuit of the retreating Confederates.

In one common challenge students are divided into groups and given a quantity of wood sticks, a distance to span, and glue, and then asked to construct a bridge that will be tested to destruction by the progressive addition of load at the center of the span.

He was then employed in 1569 to build the beautiful bridge over the Arno, known as Ponte Santa Trinita and one of his most celebrated works.

In the 1970s Clannad made their mark initially in the folk and traditional scene, and then subsequently went on to bridge the gap between traditional Celtic and pop music in the 1980s and 1990s, incorporating elements from New Age, smooth jazz, and folk rock.

If the weight of the roadway per unit length is w and the weight of the cable and the wire supporting the bridge is negligible in comparison, then the weight on the cable from c to r is wx where x is the horizontal distance between c to r. Proceeding as before gives the differential equation

The original bridge was built with private capital and then purchased by the state for $ 2. 5 million in 1951.

By contrast, if the bridge actually supported his weight then he might say he " thought " that the bridge was safe, and now after proving it to himself, he knows.

Image: pons_asinorum. png | The bridge of asses theorem states that if A = B then C = D.

Since then, ecologists have worked to bridge their understanding of the degradation of the planet's ecosystems with environmental politics, law, restoration, and natural resources management.

The neck pick-up was sent to one amp and set for a clean, bass-heavy tone, which then ran into two Ampeg V4b 215 cabs, while the bridge pick-up was sent to the other amp which was set with an exaggerated treble boost, and extra gain in the preamp and was sent into two Thiele 215 cabs.

Since then, the RG series has introduced fixed bridge models, but Ibanez still produces the RGA series with an arched top to differentiate from the RG series. The arched top allows for added comfort while playing the guitar.

* RS First the Roadster series of fixed bridge strat types with Super 6 single coil pickups then the longlives Roadstar Series with many variants including the Talman, Radius and Saber series

The motorway system has been incorporated with the Øresund Bridge ; the European route E20 goes over the bridge and then, together with the European route E6 follows the Swedish west coast from Malmö – Helsingborg to Gothenburg.

They saw through the planks of his wooden bridge, making a precarious gap, then taunt him by making goat noises, until he runs outside.

Asterius was arrested for this action by the prefect Alexander and then killed by being thrown off a bridge into the Tiber River.

The local government authority, charged with a failure to repair a road or bridge, can allege that the responsibility lies with a landowner, at which point the proceedings against them are suspended and those against the landowner they allege to have the responsibility are begun ; but, if the landowner is found not to be responsible, then the matter may be recommenced against the local government authority.

He linked his two buildings with an arched stone screen, Caröe Bridge, along Pembroke Street in a late Baroque style, the principal function of which was to act as a bridge by which undergraduates might cross the Master's forecourt at first-floor level from Pitt Building to New Court without leaving the College or trespassing in what was then the Fellows ' Garden.

Poeciliids then moved to Central America by the Aves land bridge.

The two arrive at the river Gjöll and then continue to Gjöll bridge, encountering a maiden guarding the bridge named Móðguðr.

If the Americas are viewed as a single continent ( named America ), then it is composed of the subcontinents of North America and South America, the land bridge of Central America, and the islands of the Antillas.

On canals, one solution to the problem of getting the horse to the other side was the roving bridge or turnover bridge, where the horse ascended the ramp on one side, crossed the bridge, descended a cirular ramp on the other side of the river but the same side of the bridge, and then passed through the bridge hole to continue on its way.