This doesn't mean beam bridges aren't used to cross great distances—it only means that they must be daisy-chained together, creating what's known in the bridge world as a "continuous span." ...

Once complete, the bridge will connect the city's most popular trail at a long-overlooked corner of the lake. A nearby pedestrian tunnel under Pleasant Valley Road is already tunneled through.

This doesn't mean beam bridges aren't used to cross great distances—it only means that they must be daisy-chained together, creating what's known in the bridge world as a "continuous span." ...