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If the Piraka get their hands on the Mask of Life, then an ancient evil could be awakened... The longest spans usually require suspension bridges. The Toa Nuva arrive and quickly join up with a small group of Matoran that are opposing the Piraka. For medium spans, trusses or box beams are usually most economical, while in some cases, the appearance of the bridge may be more important than its cost efficiency. Their goal is the powerful Mask of Life that is supposedly somewhere on the island. Bridges employing only compression are relatively inefficient structurally, but may be highly cost efficient where suitable materials are available near the site. Meanwhile, rogue Dark Hunters called Piraka have come to the island of Voya Nui, pretending to be Toa. For a given site, kind of bridge employed and the materials used determine the total cost, a lifetime cost composed of materials, labor, machinery, engineering, cost of money, maintenance, refurbishment, risk potential, and ultimately, demolition and associated disposal, recycling, and reuse.

The Toa Nuva stay there briefly before they are sent on a new quest to keep the Great Spirit Mata Nui from dying. A bridge's economic efficiency will be site and traffic dependent, the ratio of savings by having a bridge (instead of, for example, a ferry, or a longer road route) compared to its cost. The Matoran, Turaga, and Toa Takanuva all return to Metru Nui and repopulate the city under Turaga Dume. A more refined measure for this exercise is to weigh the completed bridge rather than measure against a fixed quantity of materials provided, a test that emphasizes economy of materials and efficient glue joints. Here is what we know so far:. The bridge taking the greatest load is by this test the most structurally efficient. So far, only bits and pieces of information about the Voya Nui storyline have emerged. In one common challenge young students are to be divided into groups of two or three and then to be given a fixed quantity of wood sticks, a specific distance to span, and a given glue, and then to construct a bridge that will be tested to destruction by the progressive addition of load at the center of the span.

For a detailed synopsis, see BIONICLE Book 3: Legends. A bridge's structural efficiency may be considered to be the ratio of load carried to bridge weight, given a specific set of material types. before it becomes permanent. Bridges can also be classified by their lineage, which is shown as the vertical axis on the diagram to the right. Now the Toa have to rescue the Matoran and find a cure for their mutation.. In other cases the forces may be distributed among a large number of members, as in a truss, or not clearly discernible to a casual observer as in a box beam. They return to find the city conquered by hordes of Visorak spiders, who are able to capture them and turn them into monstrous half-beast Toa Hordika. The separation of forces may be quite clear, as in a suspension or cable-stayed span; the elements in tension are distinct in shape and placement.

Web of Shadows: The Matoran have been captured and the Toa Metru have been forced to flee Metru Nui. Most bridges will employ all of the principle forces to some degree, but only a few will predominate. Now the Toa are on the run, and they discover something that will change Metru Nui forever. Bridges may be classified by how the four forces of tension, compression, bending and shear are distributed through their structure. But Dume declares them imposters and calls for their arrest. The central bridge was reserved exclusively for the use of the Emperor, Empress, and their attendants. Legends of Metru Nui: The Morbuzakh is no more, and the Toa Metru go to present themselves to the city's leader, Turaga Dume. A set of five bridges cross a sinuous waterway in an important courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

It's up to six brand-new Toa Metru to save the city, if the Vahki order enforcement squads don't stop them first... Often in palaces a bridge will be built over an artificial waterway as symbolic of a passage to an important place or state of mind. A number of Matoran have disappeared, and so has the city's protector, Toa Lhikan. Other garden bridges may cross only a dry bed of stream washed pebbles, intended only to convey an impression of a stream. Stop the Morbuzakh: Metru Nui has been under attack by a plant creature called the Morbuzakh. This type, often found in east-asian style gardens, is called a Moon bridge, evoking a rising full moon. And when the Turaga were mere Matoran, chosen to save their people - as Toa... To create a beautiful image, some bridges are built much taller than necessary.

When Makuta cast Mata Nui into eternal slumber.. An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, resembling a viaduct. The Turaga begin to tell the tales of a thousand years ago, when the Matoran lived in the great city of Metru Nui.. For example, it may be a bridge carrying a highway and forbidden for pedestrians and bicycles, or a pedestrian bridge, possibly also for bicycles. For a detailed synopsis, see BIONICLE Book 2: Adventures and see BIONICLE Book 2.5: Adventures. In some cases there may be restrictions in use. If the mask's destined wearer, the Toa of Light, is not found soon, then Makuta's reign may never end. A bridge is usually designed for trains, pedestrian or road traffic, a pipeline or waterway for water transport or barge traffic.

Makuta immediately unleashes his most destructive weapons, the Rahkshi, in an attempt to retrieve the mask before it can be used against him. There are four main types of bridges: beam bridges, cantilever bridges, arch bridges and suspension bridges. Search for the Seventh Toa: The island of Mata Nui is enjoying a time of unparalleled peace when a powerful Kanohi Mask is discovered. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old Norse word bryggja, meaning "landing stage, gangway, or movable pier". And with the Kal stripping the Toa Nuva of their elemental powers, the Toa may not be able to stop the swarms a second time... With the advent of steel, which has a high tensile strength, much larger bridges were built, many using the ideas of Gustave Eiffel. But the threat of the Bohrok is not over: six elite Bohrok called Bohrok-Kal are seeking to free the Bahrag from their prison and unleash the swarms once again. With the rise of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, truss systems of wrought iron were developed for larger bridges, but iron did not have the tensile strength to support large loads.

Coming of the Kal: In the aftermath of the battle with the Bahrag, the Toa have been transformed into Toa Nuva, more powerful than ever. The first engineering book on building bridges was written by Hubert Gautier in 1716. The Toa will have to discover the secret of the swarms if they are to save their people from destruction. During the 18th century there were many innovations in the design of timber bridges by Hans Ulrich, Johannes Grubenmann, and others. Directed by the Bahrag, Cahdok and Gahdok, the swarms have the mission of reducing the island to bare rock. Rope bridges, a simple type of suspension bridge, were used by the Inca civilization in the Andes mountains of South America, just prior to European colonization in the 1500s. Beware the Swarms: Makuta has been stopped, but a new threat has arisen: swarms of creatures called Bohrok are rampaging across the island's surface. Brick and mortar bridges were built after the Roman era, as the technology for cement was lost then later rediscovered.

With the help of the village elders, the Turaga, the Toa must now face their destiny in defeating Makuta and awakening the sleeping Great Spirit. The Romans also had cement, which reduced the variation of strength found in natural stone. For a thousand years, the island has been in the dark grip of Makuta, who has been controlling the Rahi wildlife in order to intimidate the native Matoran. The arch was first used by the Roman Empire for bridges and aqueducts, some of which still stand today. Six Heroes, One Destiny: The story begins with the six Toa arriving on the tropical island of Mata Nui, named after the Great Spirit. The first bridges were spans made of wooden logs or planks and eventually stones, using a simple support and crossbeam arrangement. For a detailed synopsis, see BIONICLE Book 1: Chronicles. .

1, #2. The purpose of a bridge is to allow easier passage by providing a continuous more uniform more easily navigable route via what would otherwise be an uneven or impossible path for the particular kind of thing travelling or being transported, whether people, vehicles, trains, ships, liquids or whatever else. --the Turaga, Bionicle comic series vol. Designs may be built higher than otherwise needed in order to allow other traffic (particularly ship traffic) beneath. Six heroes with one destiny: to defeat Makuta and save our world.". A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. The Great Beings sent six mighty heroes - the Toa - to Mata Nui. Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge - USA, will be the first extradosed cable-stayed bridge constructed in the United States.