Abstract

A bridge is a structure that spans a valley, road, river, body of water, or any other physical barrier. The architecture of a bridge may vary depending on the nature of the area where it will be built. The first bridge was created by nature itself, with a log falling across a stream or rocks in a river. The first man-made bridges were probably constructed using wood or timbers, and later, stones were used to support a crossbar system. Some early bridges used trees or bamboo poles to cross small tunnels or wells to get from one place to another. Lashing sticks, logs, and a common form of bridge construction involved the use of temporary branches woven together with long trunks or other fibers to form a connecting rope capable of withstanding weight. Mountainous areas pose a unique problem for constructing bridges due to varying climates, geological features, and hydrology parameters. Based on bridge sites and various constraints, types of bridges and construction methods are carefully selected for safe, profitable, and successful completion of the bridge. Human habitation and plants have spread up to 14,000 to 16,000 feet above mean sea level. An innovative idea would involve the installation of an adjunct bridge to provide services such as education, medical facilities, and workplaces. Data has been analyzed using the Random Forest method. In this research, we predicted the technical feasibility of building a trail bridge depending on factors such as total population, total households, river type, total DAG, DDH, DRH, etc. The model was evaluated using 50-50%, 66-34%, and 80-20% train-test splits, and 10-fold cross-validation, with an accuracy of approximately 97%.In this study, the authors collected data by mobilizing local NGOs and informing the public through local radio. A comprehensive study was conducted to collect nationwide bridge demand. With the project management information system developed by Om B Khadka, Head of IT and Knowledge Management, serves as the secondary source.

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