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Footbridge facts for kids

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A Footbridge is a bridge that was built to be mainly used by pedestrians. Some footbridges are also built for bicycle riders, horses or other animals. Footbridges are different from other bridges which are built to carry cars and other vehicles, or to allow a railway to pass.

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  • Wooden footbridge in Luang Prabang with a worker busy at its consolidation

    Wooden footbridge with a worker busy at its consolidation, in Laos

  • Shaharah bridge

    A footbridge in Shaharah District, Yemen

  • Stepping Stones - geograph.org.uk - 5528

    Stepping stones, across the River Rothay, in the Lake District, England

  • Art work of Toledo, Ohio - DPLA - 0a107364e8d8eb430ebc183d28c46463 (page 123) (cropped)

    A footbridge seen in Walbridge Park, Toledo, Ohio, 1895

  • Passerelle ruisseau Moulin-Haut

    A simple French footbridge

  • Tilak Nagar Station, Mumbai

    Tilak Nagar Station in Mumbai

  • Rubaksa footbridge2

    Helvetas-type footbridge in Rubaksa, Ethiopia

  • Walkway Over the Hudson 4

    A section of the Poughkeepsie Bridge, New York State, USA.

  • Fagne.Ardenne

    Boardwalk across the High Fens, Ardenne, Belgium

  • Bp bridge

    The BP Pedestrian Bridge is a concealed box girder beam bridge in Millennium Park, Chicago.

  • 20101014 Pantanassa Orthodox Church Porto Lagos Vistonida Lake Xanthi Prefecture Thrace Greece

    A footbridge to an orthodox church in Greece

  • Puente de la Mujer - Puerto Madero

    The Puente de la Mujer in Puerto Madero is a footbridge and swing bridge.

  • Traffic circle with pedestrian overcrossing, China, 1987

    A pedestrian overcross in Nanjing Road, Shanghai

  • Footbridge with elevator

    A footbridge with elevators on each corner of a four-way intersection in Tokyo

  • Tamchog Chakzam, Bhutan 01

    Tamchog Chakzam bridge, Bhutan

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