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500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works
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Sure, but think of the scale of what they would need and the technology they had. 1000 feet long and as tall as a ship, carrying a stone structure that would weigh probably hundreds or thousands of tons, across what I'd imagine was a pretty busy waterway.