Brick bridge - abutment

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Brick bridge - abutment

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Main Stage
40 Stone bricks 40 Mortar
Filler Stage
16 Stone shards
Roadway Stage
2 Stone bricks
Wall Stage (each wall)
10 * (0, 1 or 2) Stone bricks
Result
Bridge Abutment
Skill and improvement
Uses Masonry

Description

It is a Stone brick abutment

Notes

• An abutment is a structure made from stone bricks and mortar built to support the lateral pressure of an arch or span of a brick bridge. It is the section found at each end of the bridge.
• An abutment can be made for any type of bridge: marble, pottery, rendered, rounded stone, sandstone, slate, or stone brick.
• An abutment will include 0, 1 or 2 walls - depending of the total width of the bridge.

Images

• Highlighted Section = Brick Bridge Abutment
  Highlighted Section = Brick Bridge Abutment

See Also

• Bridge
• Brick bridge