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I think a bridge is a structure. Wikipedia says:
A building or (Edifice), is a man-made structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.
Dictionary definitions variously define a building as something for human habitation or use, or a structure with a roof and walls.
To me a building should have a roof and walls, at least of sorts. I concede your point on the shopfront though.
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I think a bridge is a structure. Wikipedia says:
A building or (Edifice), is a man-made structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.
Dictionary definitions variously define a building as something for human habitation or use, or a structure with a roof and walls.
To me a building should have a roof and walls, at least of sorts. I concede your point on the shopfront though.
Oops, missed this--I don't think the distinction is that clear-cut. Lots of bridges have rooms in them, even if it's only a control room for electrics etc., or consider a bridge like Tower Bridge, which is clearly a building (with structural elements :) ).
In the case of London bridges, we're talking mostly about bridges which are part of viaducts that at some point or other have had their arches converted into industrial/retail units and are very much buildings, even if the span of the bridge over a road may itself be roomless. But I think I changed my mind about including bridges mainly because it seemed silly to have a separate thread for these events, which I find interesting, too. Happy to change the thread title to '... buildings and structures'. :)
Oliver Schick
Yes, bridges are buildings. Why shouldn't they be? (Admittedly, when I started the thread I initially meant to exclude bridges, but I later decided that they should be included and edited the OP.)
The article says that the driver reversed into the shopfront:
As there doesn't seem to have been much damage to the building, naturally this didn't get as much attention in the article as the lifting.