Where Bridges Are Planned

A red brick institute where people study how bridges are designed, with timber beams crossing every ceiling and a tree standing outside on the left. Upstairs on the left, two men lean over a wheeled model of a river gorge with a bridge across it, while a crane and little bridge parts hang above. Beside them, a man measures a clay gorge on a round tiled floor, with rulers and surveying instruments on the shelves. Downstairs, an older man with a magnifying glass and a boy with a notebook study a suspension bridge model on a rocky table. In the middle room a man and a girl test a wooden arch bridge on benches, and at the right a scientist and a girl crush stone blocks in a strength rig. Arches, trusses and beams decorate the walls throughout, so the rooms sort themselves by bridge type.