Sand and rock extraction nearby have weakened the pillars on a crucial bridge of Nepal's busiest highway.

On 17 December 1861, the regiment successfully defended a crucial bridge, but 13 were killed and 30 were wounded.

The road behind him, however, was packed with vehicles, and a crucial bridge on the only reasonably good road back had accidentally been demolished.

Japan pledged to repair two crucial bridges.

The tracks will not be used in the foreseeable future, though, because of the unrelenting sabotage of crucial bridges along the route to Baghdad.

A crucial bridge into northern Afghanistan from Uzbekistan remains closed, cutting off the most promising avenue for shipping in supplies.

Uzbekistan has said it will keep the crucial bridge closed until an international force can ensure that the border is protected.

They would have to fight for the doorway and hold it, like an army claiming a crucial bridge.

The Marines helped defend a crucial bridge against a Hessian attack.

Allied troops seized a crucial bridge on the Euphrates near Nasiriya and continued on.