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A bridge you have to keep alive

In Meghalaya, India, Khasi communities guide living tree roots across rivers to form bridges. These crossings are still growing: as the roots thicken over time, they strengthen the structure. A living-root bridge is not simply finished and left behind. Its roots keep growing, so the bridge has to be kept alive.

A living root bridge spanning a stream in Meghalaya — AditiVerma2193 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original photograph resized.

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