Time tested
Low carbon
Low cost
With the stone arch bridge technology you reduce construction cost by 60-80%, you avoid by 50-75% construction related carbon emissions, you create local jobs, you use local materials and you can mobilize the local community.
Why Stone Arch Bridges?
Cost-Effective
Build up to 4 times more bridges compared to reinforced concrete by using stone arches. The use of local materials and local for stone arch bridge construction helps you save 60-80%, compared to similar concrete bridges.
Sustainable
Stone arch bridges use no steel and only a fraction of the cement compared to similar concrete bridges, which avoids 50-75% of the construction related carbon emissions.
Durable
Stone arch bridges have been built for thousands of years. Many stone arch bridges still in use today are several hundreds or even thousands of years old and carry modern day heavy traffic loads.
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