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Welding and repairs on the Taylor Bridge, south of Fort St. John, were required to be done a night to allow for closure of one lane of traffic. In addition to upgrading the bridge, this work in late September 2015, produced some spectacular images.
The bridge undergoes yearly maintenance work including welding and replacement of parts of the deck.
Photos courtesy of Fort St. John photographer Darcy Sawchek.
It is Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway 11 Daiba line, a Tokyo port report bridge, and an alias rainbow bridge.
It took it from the roof of the water bus that faced it from Hinode Sanbashi Pier to Odaiba.
The building where the globe was put is a Fuji Television Network headquarters building.
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首都高速11号台場線・東京港連絡橋、通称レインボーブリッジです。
日の出桟橋からお台場へ向かう水上バスの屋根の上から撮りました。
球体を乗せた建物はフジテレビ本社ビルです。
.. so that the bridge can be opened up for a boat with a tall mast to pass through.
Complete with Close Encounters style lens flares from the Tokina...
The Magapit Suspension Bridge in Lallo, Cagayan has a total length of 449.14 lin.m. , with a main span of 256.70 lin.m. cable-stay (from tower to tower) and one-span of 37.30 lin. m. pony trusses at each side. It was completed in the post 1970s and spans across the mighty Cagayan River serving as the only link between the Cagayan Valley Region and Ilocos Region when traveling via the scenic Patapat Road on the Ilocos Norte-Cagayan Inter-Provincial national highway. Travellers can have a good view of the hanging bridge on their way to Aparri. Barangay Magapit in the town of Lallo is about 74 kilometers from Tuguegarao City, or a one hour travel.
I'll close the day's posts with the same bridge I used this morning. Soon, this view will look very different, through fresh, green leaves.
From the archives, Bridgepixing Historic Chatcolet Bridge - 3,100 feet long - a former swing Railroad Bridge originally built in 1921, now converted to a trail bridge and part of the 72 mile Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes in Northern Idaho.
The Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes is a rail trail which follows the former Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way from Mullan, a mountain mining town near the Montana border, to Plummer, a town on the prairie near the Washington border.
The trail's 72-mile (116 km) route winds through the mountainous terrain of the historic Silver Valley, into the chain lakes region, along the shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene, over the Chatcolet Bridge to Heyburn State Park, and finally climbs to the Palouse prairie. You can continue along a bike path in Washington that will eventually lead to Spokane.
The Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes includes camping facilities and rest areas regularly. The trail leads through protected marsh lands, offering the cyclist a glimpse of eagle and osprey nests, moose, elk, and a variety of ducks and other wildlife, as well as some rare species of wildflowers and accompanying butterflies as a result of the age-old soot from the old railroad.
The trail is not only a recreational facility, but also a solution to environmental problems left behind by Idaho's mining industry. Silver was discovered in the valley around 1884, and a rail line was built to access the mines around 1888. Much of the rock in the railbed was either waste rock from mines, or tailings containing heavy metals. The railbed was also contaminated with spillage from passing trains. To remedy these environmental problems, the Union Pacific Railroad, U.S. Government, the State of Idaho, and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe partnered to build a trail. The thick asphalt and the gravel barriers on the sides of the trail serve as a permanent cap to isolate contaminants from the surrounding environment. (Wikipedia)
Markova Susica, Macedonia
Zeiss Ikon Mess-Ikonta 6x9, Carl Zeiss Opton Tessar 105mm f/3.5 T, Kodak Portra 800
Bridge over the River Thames at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, UK. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfpenny_Bridge
The first one is the Brooklyn bridge, the second is the Manhattan bridge and the third one is the Williamsburg bridge, so in this order you have B M W...
Sunset at the Story Bridge before Riverfire 2011. HDR using Photomatix, some extra colour and texture adjustments with Topaz Adjust, and finishing touches in Photoshop.
A suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street) with Brooklyn.
...the view that greets you as you meander across Albert Bridge and the Thames from Chelsea embankment...
The Eads Bridge in St. Louis, MO which carries road and MetroLink light rail traffic over the Mississippi River into Illinois.
Looking across Tempe Town Lake at the town proper and the old mill.
Photographed using an Olympus 17mm pancake lens on an Olympus E-PL1 camera set to tungsten white balance.
The Williamsburg Bridge in New York, NY. Taken from the Circle Line cruise ship during the B&H Photo "Moose Cruise" with Moose Peterson.
Menai Suspension Bridge
Menai Bridge
Pont Grog y Borth
Menai Suspension Bridge Dec 09.JPG
The Menai Suspension Bridge from a viewpoint on the A5 near the Britannia Bridge
Coordinates53°13′12.5″N 4°9′47.25″WCoordinates: 53°13′12.5″N 4°9′47.25″W
CarriesA5 A5 road (London to Holyhead)
CrossesMenai Strait
LocaleAnglesey, North Wales
Heritage statusGrade 1
Candidate: World Heritage Site
Characteristics
DesignSuspension bridge
MaterialWrought Iron
Stone
Total length417 metres (1,368 ft)
Width12 metres (39 ft)
Height30 metres (98 ft)
Longest span176 metres (577 ft)
No. of spansMain: One
Arches: Eight
Piers in waterFive
Design life1893: wooden deck replaced in steel
1938/40: iron chains replaced in steel.
History
DesignerThomas Telford
Construction begin1819
Opened30 January 1826
Menai Bridge is located in Anglesey Menai BridgeMenai Bridge
Location in Anglesey
The Menai Suspension Bridge (Welsh: Pont Grog y Borth) is a suspension bridge to carry road traffic between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826 and is a Grade I listed building.
Construction
A plan & view of the chain bridge erecting over the Menai at Bangor Ferry, 1820
Before the bridge was completed in 1826, the island had no fixed connection to the mainland and the primary means of access to and from Anglesey was by ferry across the fast flowing and dangerous waters of the Menai Strait.
The main source of income on Anglesey was from the sale of cattle, and to move them to the markets of the mainland, including London, they had to be driven into the water and encouraged to swim across the Strait, a dangerous practice which often resulted in the loss of valuable animals.
With Holyhead as the closest point to, and thus one of the principal ports for ferries to Dublin, Engineer Thomas Telford was engaged to complete a survey of the route from London to Holyhead, and he proposed that a bridge should be built over the Menai Strait from a point near Bangor on the mainland to the village of Porthaethwy (which is now also known as Menai Bridge) on Anglesey.
Because of the high banks and fast flowing waters of the Strait, it would have been difficult to build piers on the shifting sands of the sea-bed and, even if it could be done, they would have obstructed the navigation.
Also, the bridge would have to be high enough to allow the passage of the tall ships of the day. In view of this, Telford proposed that a suspension bridge should be built and his recommendation was accepted by Parliament.
Construction of the bridge, to Telford's design, began in 1819 with the towers on either side of the strait.
These were constructed from Penmon limestone and were hollow with internal cross-walls. Then came the sixteen huge chain cables, each made of 935 iron bars, that support the 176-metre (577 ft) span.
To avoid rusting between manufacture and use, the iron was soaked in linseed oil and later painted.
The chains each measured 522.3 metres (1,714 ft) and weighed 121 long tons (123 t; 136 short tons). Their suspending power was calculated at 2,016 long tons (2,048 t; 2,258 short tons).
The bridge was opened to much fanfare on 30 January 1826.
The roadway was only 24 feet (7.3 m) wide and, without stiffening trusses, soon proved highly unstable in the wind. The deck of the Menai Bridge was strengthened in 1840 by W. A. Provis and, in 1893, the entire wooden surface was replaced with a steel deck designed by Sir Benjamin Baker.
Over the years, the 4 1⁄2-ton weight limit proved problematic for the increasing freight industry and in 1938 the original wrought iron chains were replaced with steel ones without the need to close the bridge. In 1999 the bridge was closed for around a month to resurface the road and strengthen the structure, requiring all traffic to cross via the nearby Britannia Bridge.
On 28 February 2005 the bridge was promoted to UNESCO as a candidate World Heritage Site. On the same day one carriageway of the bridge was closed for six months restricting traffic to a single carriageway so that traffic travelled to the mainland in the morning and to Anglesey in the afternoon.
The bridge was re-opened to traffic in both directions on 11 December 2005 after its first major re-painting in 65 years.
Had a great time slipping and sliding through the snow and ice trying to get an image of this bridge without falling in the river. What a wonderful and amazing structure this is.
The Coronado Bridge in San Diego, California at sunrise. DSC_6491A
The San Diego–Coronado Bridge, locally referred to as the Coronado Bridge, is a "pre-stressed concrete/steel" girder bridge, crossing over San Diego Bay in the United States, linking San Diego with Coronado, California. --Wikipedia
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