Tolls provide money for the government.
Bridge's also provide a passageway for transportations including automobiles, ferries, ships, and trains.
Efficient means of transportation vs taking a ship to the desired location.
Links to area's together.
Transportation time is much faster, and price of a toll is much less then a boat ticket.
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traffic gets held up longer Lifting bridges are slow and limited in size. They typically work for short spans of one or two lanes. Larger sizes require too much superstructure and much larger counterweights. Today's vehicles are larger and heavier, requiring a stronger bridge to begin with.
The advantages of a lifting bridge is so big ships can pass through while people cross the bridge.
The advantages of a bridge is that you can get to a place faster than if the bridge weren't there. The disadvantage is that the bridge can break and cause traffic.
A main advantage of beam bridges is their durability for short spans. Longer distances are tougher for beam bridges, and suspension bridges are more popular.
arch bridges can support more weight than beam bridges but for price i say beam won.
Abon Bridges
Bridges get their name by the kind of bridge they are
bridges connect land masses
The fear of bridges or of crossing them is Gephyrophobia.