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Many European cities built bridges covered with shops and houses. Did the automobile kill these off? Is this a uniquely European thing, or were there similar bridges in Asia and the United States? Was there such a lack of space that the bridges added a lot of valuable space?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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