No, some bridges are supported from below. Think of the roman arched aqueducts that were bridges for water delivery. They applied the arch for many bridge structures in conjunction with causeways to build their roads which still exist in many places. More modern bridges take advantage of a greater knowledge of Physics to build suspension bridges, true.
looney_tunes Moderator 20 year member
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"A transport corridor that is carried instead on a series of arches, perhaps approaching a bridge, is a viaduct. In the U.S. a short stretch of viaduct is called an overpass. The distinction between the terms causeway and viaduct becomes blurred when flood-relief culverts are incorporated, though generally a causeway refers to a roadway supported mostly by earth or stone, while a bridge supports a roadway between piers (which may be embedded in embankments)."
"A bridge is a structure which allows passage over some type of impediment to travel (such as a roadway over a river, or other body of water). Anecdotally, causeways tend to refer to roadways which are close to the surface of the water or wetlands they provide passage over, and often do not allow nautical navigation underneath them."
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