Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“A bridge construction method is known in the state of the art in which several I-beams are placed inparallel, two strips of high-density foam are placed on their edges and some slabs are supported on thefoam strips t o form the bridge deck. An example of this bridge construction method is seen in U.S. Pat.No. 6,568,139B2 (incorporated herein by reference).