Ars Technica

Testing Leonardo da Vinci’s bridge: His design was stable, study finds

As with actual masonry arch bridge construction, the “stones” were supported by a scaffolding structure as they were assembled, and only after they were all in place could the scaffolding be removed ...
WBAL

500 years later, MIT proves Da Vinci’s bridge design works

Researchers at MIT have proven Leonardo da Vinci correct yet again, this time involving his design for what would have been at the time a revolutionary bridge. Although clients rejected da Vinci’s ...
Ars Technica

Testing Leonardo da Vinci’s bridge: His design was stable, study finds

A smaller version was built from modern materials over a highway. A much smaller version was built in a lab. What was not built was a bridge of that design over the waters between Istanbul and Galata, ...