Happy New Year Everyone, I spent a week over Christmas in Sacramento visiting my sister. As is our custom, we drove over to the Bay Area for a day. We took...
John Spafford
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Jan 1, 2005 10:10 pm
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Happy New Year John! ***A spoiler warning*** The road down to the Iowa Hill Bridge is paved and may not be considered as adventurous as the trip down to the...
Thanks Patrick, Being a guy, I, of course, don't ask for directions. But, I'll ask for "advice" on how to get to the Iowa HIll and/or Mosquito Road bridges...
John Spafford
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Jan 2, 2005 7:21 pm
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Does anyone know the first bridge to use steel? I thought it was the Britannia Bridge. From: http://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/bridges/ Like the Menai...
... Britannia Bridge, like the Conway bridge, was one of the first in wrought iron. There was a suspension bridge built over the Danube Canal in Vienna in 1828...
Contact our news staff at (830) 625-9144 Historic bridge to be offered to public By Scott Mahon The Herald-Zeitung Published January 06, 2005 GRUENE — If...
Hello: I am researching the bridges of the New York, Ontario & Western RR (formely the New York & Oswego Midland RR), as built in New York State from 1880 to...
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Jan 18, 2005 4:37 am
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For those who have experienced the Foresthill Bridge in California, if you have not been to my web site go to www.foresthillbridge.com I have store there and...
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0105/202371.html http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=399461&nid=25 "...State transportation officials have canceled this year's...
For those of you interested in covered bridges, you might like to know about the Covered Spans of Yesteryear project. This is a project to gather information...
http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=45fbf12f-efdc-4256-b6fc-bb988d9f6401 or http://tinyurl.com/5eclh "...The span, built in 1900-01,...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a9Fumiqk1JPA&refer=europe World's Longest Cable Bridge, in Greece, Shuts With Fire Damage Jan. 28...
Great pics. Is that a railroad bridge or an old highway bridge below the Bear Mountain bridge at the river level? John Spafford ...
John Spafford
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Jan 31, 2005 5:27 am
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It is a railroad bridge. It is currently owned by CSX Transportation, formerly Conrail. Here is a photo: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=66819 ......
Hello all, Just posted a couple of photos showing the new towers rising above the existing bridge deck with the lower struts nearly finished. A nice shot of...
... The bridge that I was referring to was the railroad bridge that Mr. Dowling sent an awsome picture of. There are also some great links to other railroad...
John Spafford
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Feb 1, 2005 5:22 am
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great shot reminds me of when i did the cables on the Delaware Memoral bridge.Igot some great pics from up there. Fish [Non-text portions of this message have...
http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1107612909195410.xml Falling ice on bridge paralyzes highways Saturday, February 05, 2005 By SETH...
I've uploaded pictures of the Frank Wood Bridge connecting Topsham and Brunswick, Maine. It is a Warren Truss. Hoping ManySpans members will look to see if...
Nancy, What road does this bridge carry? Looking at DeLorme I suspect it carries ME 196. IS that correct? Or does it carry US 201/ME 24? We were in New...