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World's Greatest Bridges
World's Greatest Bridges
TV ShowReturning Series

World's Greatest Bridges

7.0 / 10
2017
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

Cast

Rob Bell

Seasons

  • Golden Gate Bridge

    1.Golden Gate Bridge

    27-10-201745m

    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...

  • Sydney Harbour Bridge

    2.Sydney Harbour Bridge

    03-11-201745m

    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...

  • The Iron Bridge, Shropshire

    3.The Iron Bridge, Shropshire

    10-11-201745m

    Rob Bell explores the history and construction of the world's first bridge to be constructed entirely from iron.

  • Brooklyn Bridge

    4.Brooklyn Bridge

    17-11-201745m

    Rob Bell reveals that the building of the Brooklyn bridge was a classic New York tale of big money, corruption, ambition, death and tragedy.

  • The Millau Viaduct

    5.The Millau Viaduct

    24-11-201745m

    Rob Bell looks at two bridges by British architect Lord Norman Foster - the Millau Viaduct in southern France and London's Millennium Bridge.

  • Severn Bridge

    6.Severn Bridge

    01-12-201745m

    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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