I came across 3 different truss bridges that I thought were interesting for being a little unusual for one reason or another. Was this bridge in Quebec...
I'm not sure why the page addresses got spliced into two but if you copy the second half of the address page and paste it onto the first half of the web page...
A few years ago, the group was debating the design of this odd bridge in Thomaston, Maine: http://www.thomastonhistoricalsociety.com/wentto.htm Then there's...
There's another image of the tangled trusses here: http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/de/trams/Oberhausen/000900A_DSC00279a .jpg This helped settle a debate...
Hello -- I am the Deputy County Administrator of Jackson County, Oregon (Medford), where, last summer, the Wimer covered bridge collapsed. I am posting this...
A fellow group member and I were wondering about the claim (on several web sites) that the Verrazano rises and sinks as much as 12 feet due to thermal...
If true, this would be the case with almost all suspension bridges, correct? ... From: David Denenberg To: ManySpans Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 01:12 ...
I assume all metal bridges experience some thermal expansion/contraction, but (again I assume) the effect is more exaggerated when the bridge is larger and the...
When I had my LEGO suspension bridge up in the basement of our house nearly 10 years ago I noticed the deck being closer to the floor after turning up the heat...
... expansion/contraction, but (again I assume) the effect is more exaggerated when the bridge is larger and the temperature swings are greater. Few are...
http://tinyurl.com/ytspm (will take you to a commentary column at www.newsday.com) Snapshot of the things to come Paul Vitello March 16, 2004 Taking pictures...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13389-2004Apr14.html ... By Rupert Wright Special to The Washington Post Thursday, April 15, 2004; Page C01 ...
I have put up a new photo album with a few pictures of a truss bridge I found in South Texas. The bridge is over the Atascosa River on the Good Hope Road...
Closed since 1982, "The Impossible Railroad" through the Carrizo Gorge East of San Diego reopened in February of 2004. Originally built in 1919 by San Diego...
A few months back in the fall of 2003, the news was saturated with the wildfires that were sweeping through Southern California and San Diego. Sadly, even in...
http://thechesapeakebay.com/article/532/chesapeake-bay-bridge-walk-2004 The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Walk (near Annapolis, Maryland) is on for May 2nd. If you...
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040425/1006194.asp "We think the three replacement choices run the gamut of concepts," he said. "There's a three-tower...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1201515,00.html (or http://tinyurl.com/3h7jn) "Italian ministers were celebrating yesterday after the European...
Some nice pictures with this story. http://belfast.villagesoup.com/Government/Story.cfm?StoryID=22100 "PROSPECT (April 22, 2004): Construction work on a new...
This Friday, May 7 is the 50th Anniversary of the ground breaking of the Mackinac Bridge. There will be a ceremony at 1pm at the New Bridge Park in St....
Hi, (I am sending this message again because I did not make myself clear the first time. Hopefully it is now clear.) I need some information about bridge...
Frank Pascual, MTA spokesman, explained that to prevent swaying and vibration of the bridge, heavy trusses were added in 1946, which were not completely ...
http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/story/058202004_new1barge.asp Barge Hits Bridge By CARLEY AMICO WHEELING - A stray barge floating on the Ohio River nearly...
Photographs of the ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the Mackinac Bridge ground breaking: http://www.mightymac.org/50th.htm It was about 60 degrees and very...
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