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Official Site: stuckinnewyorkcity.com
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Location
This was taken while I was in the Staten Island Ferry.
Equipment
Camera: Nikon D5000
Lens: Zeiss Planar T* 1.4
Exposure: 1/1600 sec at f/1.4
Tripod: None (handheld)
Workflow
This is single exposure image. This photo was completely impromptu. I was simply sitting on the top deck of the Staten Island Ferry and saw an opportunity for a great shot. Thankfully, I had my camera on me.
So in the shot I am literally 4 minutes from docking at Whitehall Station and this is one of the many water taxis that shuttle people to and from work. And behind the taxi you are seeing the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge.
What has been sucking massively in NYC -- over the past few years -- is that some politician is renaming bridges and tunnels in NYC. I am hoping that these two bridges keep there names.
Post
All post work was done using Adobe Lightroom 4.1 and onOne Perfect Effects 3.
Former office and base of Robert Moses (Master builder, urban planner and Chairman of the Triborough Bridge Authority).
This tunnel / bridge is Race St. (US 31E) over Water St. One of the things I found interesting about this bridge and tunnel is that it is wide enough for a retail business to be part of the bridge (you can see the back of the two small retail stores here.) I am curious how this came about.
staying in Miami overnight,going on a cruise the next day! this photo just got excepted to go in one of the papers in Miami! Im excited!
The Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Bridge (1936), colloquially and originally known as the Triborough Bridge (sometimes spelled Triboro Bridge), is a complex of three separate bridges in New York City, United States. Spanning the Harlem River, the Bronx Kill, and the Hell Gate (part of the East River), the bridges connect the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and The Bronx via Randall's Island and Wards Island, which are joined by landfill.
The bridge is owned by the City of New York and operated by the MTA Bridges and Tunnels, an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York).
Often still referred to as simply the "Triboro" the spans were officially named after Robert F. Kennedy in 2008.
New York City- Joint Task Force Empire Shield (JTF-ES) Sergeant Hugo Cuadra, 369th Sustainment Brigade, and Specialist Paige Marquis delta Company, 69th Infantry Battalion, 27th Brigade, New York Army National Guard, during a recent patrol of Grand Central Station as part of their duties with JTF-ES.
JTF -ES is the state’s standing military organization that plans and prepares for defense support to civil authority missions throughout the New York City area and is jointly staffed with Army and Air National Guard personnel along with members of the New York Naval Militia and New York Guard.
The service members on JTF-ES augment the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police at Penn Station, Grand Central Station in New York City and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD) at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia Airports, the New State Police and the Tunnel Bridge and Toll Authority (TBTA) at the various bridges and tunnels in the New York City area. Division of Military and Naval Affairs Photos by New York Guard Captain Mark Getman.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels is replacing the 50-year-old Harlem River Drive southbound ramp leading onto the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. The work, originally planned for the 2013-2015 Capital Budget, was accelerated after a recent inspection showed severe deterioration to the 20,800-square-foot ramp, due in part to its age and the result of several harsh winters. Photo by Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels is replacing the 50-year-old Harlem River Drive southbound ramp leading onto the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. The work, originally planned for the 2013-2015 Capital Budget, was accelerated after a recent inspection showed severe deterioration to the 20,800-square-foot ramp, due in part to its age and the result of several harsh winters. Photo by Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Looking east toward the Fairview Lift Bridge from inside the Cartwright Tunnel near Cartwright, North Dakota.
The Fairview Bridge is a former railroad lift bridge built in 1912 across the Yellowstone River about 4 miles east of the Montana/North Dakota border. Built in the twilight of steamboat traffic on the lower Yellowstone, the only time the bridge was ever lifted was in 1913 to make sure the components worked correctly. The rails going over the bridge, though initially intended to form a secondary main line of the Great Northern for over 550 miles between New Rockford, North Dakota and Lewistown, Montana, ultimately never went any farther west than Fairview, Montana nor any farther east than Watford City, North Dakota, a total distance of nearly 40 miles. Trains operated over what became a unique branch line until 1992, when it was completely abandoned.
Due to the steep hills lining the eastern bank of the Yellowstone River in this vicinity, a 1,458-foot long tunnel was built to the east of the lift bridge. This tunnel, named the Cartwright Tunnel in honor of the closest city, was the only one ever built in North Dakota.
Today, both the bridge and tunnel have been turned into major tourist attractions in the Fairview, Montana area. Go to www.midrivers.com/~fairview/bridges.html to find out more information about them.
Week 27 J's 52 National Pride.
Here's my view of Canada.
We are all well connected via roads, rivers, bridges and tunnels. Trucks transporting goods to other areas. Saw mills turning logs into lumber. Fishing boats lying in readiness for the fishing season to open. Shipbuilding industry from new to repairs. Beautiful scenery in the background with a little bit of snow remaining on the mountain peaks. Power lines carrying power to the people. We are a very diverse people and I am a proud Canadian, Eh!
Cheers and Happy 147th Birthday, Canada! Photo from River Road north of Fraser Surrey Docks overlooking the new South Fraser Perimeter Road (Hwy 17).
New York City- Joint Task Force Empire Shield (JTF-ES) Sergeant Hugo Cuadra, 369th Sustainment Brigade, and Specialist Paige Marquis Delta Company, 69th Infantry Battalion, 27th Brigade, New York Army National Guard, during a recent patrol of Grand Central Station as part of their duties with JTF-ES.
JTF -ES is the state’s standing military organization that plans and prepares for defense support to civil authority missions throughout the New York City area and is jointly staffed with Army and Air National Guard personnel along with members of the New York Naval Militia and New York Guard.
The service members on JTF-ES augment the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police at Penn Station, Grand Central Station in New York City and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD) at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia Airports, the New State Police and the Tunnel Bridge and Toll Authority (TBTA) at the various bridges and tunnels in the New York City area. Division of Military and Naval Affairs Photos by New York Guard Captain Mark Getman.
Robert Moses' acclaimed biographer Robert Caro called this bridge " a supreme example of building a huge public work in a democracy." Stroll two spans and two boroughs of the RFK Memorial Bridge, formerly known as the Triborough - so named for the three distinct bridges that united a city and transformed Queens. Tour guides Richard Melnick, trustee and former president of the greater Astoria Historical Society and MTA Bridges and Tunnels Archivist Mary Hedge explored the rich history of the city's first major span built exclusively for the automobile.
Photo: New York Transit Museum/ James Giovan
New York City- Joint Task Force Empire Shield (JTF-ES) Sergeant Hugo Cuadra, 369th Sustainment Brigade, and Specialist Paige Marquis Delta Company, 69th Infantry Battalion, 27th Brigade, New York Army National Guard, during a recent patrol of Grand Central Station as part of their duties with JTF-ES.
JTF -ES is the state’s standing military organization that plans and prepares for defense support to civil authority missions throughout the New York City area and is jointly staffed with Army and Air National Guard personnel along with members of the New York Naval Militia and New York Guard.
The service members on JTF-ES augment the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police at Penn Station, Grand Central Station in New York City and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD) at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia Airports, the New State Police and the Tunnel Bridge and Toll Authority (TBTA) at the various bridges and tunnels in the New York City area. Division of Military and Naval Affairs Photos by New York Guard Captain Mark Getman.
On 14th Oct 2018, 10000 Hong Kong protesters hold a rally from Causeway Bay to the Central Office, to protest the government 's plan to spend probably 1 trillion Hong Kong dollars to build artificial islands and accompanying bridges and tunnels in the East of Lantau Island.
The former "East Lantau Metropolis project" proposed to reclaim 1000 hectares , has been replaced this week by an even more ambitious project of "Lantau Tomorrow Vision " of reclaiming 1700 hectares to house 1.1million people by the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, preempting the awaited public consultation report by the Task Force on Land Supply.
The protestors worried the project has not considered the risks under extreme weather, will irreversibly damage the environment, burn up the whole fiscal reserve, and deprive the public of the funding for other more important fields like medical , education, and retirement scheme.
Moreover the project , requiring 2 to 3 decades to complete , cannot cater for the immediate housing needs of the general public, as compared to other source of land supply such as the Fanling Golf Course , brownfield sites and buy back farmland from private estate developers for public housing.
大约一萬名市民於十月十四日參與由銅鑼灣至政總的遊行 ,抗議政府計劃用一萬億元填海及興建東大嶼人工島方案。
示威者認為政府的明日大嶼計劃填海1700公頃及其他的橋樑或隧道, 將會對環境造成不可挽回的影響, 亦未有考慮到人工島能否應付極端的天氣, 財政上會用盡香港的儲備, 亦令到沒有足夠財政資源用於醫療、教育及全民退休保障等。
示威者亦不滿政府亦未有等待土地供應小組的咨詢結果便公佈填海作為主要選項。但填海需時20至30年才提供到1.1百萬人的住宅, 相反其他土地供應選項如收回粉嶺哥爾夫球場、粽地、及用官地收回條例收回地產發展商的農地作公營房屋卻能夠比較快提供到房屋。
Our friends, Mark and Abbey, took us on a quick tour of Chicago, and on the way we travelled down this underground road, Lower Wacker, which was like being in a scene from The Blues Brothers. Though, too dark and twisty turney for my liking, we did all survive to tall the tale.
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Wacker Drive is a major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River in the Loop.[2] The vast majority of the street is double-decked; the upper level intended for local traffic, and the lower level for through-traffic and trucks servicing buildings on the road (and originally a dock). It is sometimes cited as a precursor to the modern freeway, though when it was built the idea was that pleasure vehicles would use the upper level. It is the only street in the city that is prefixed with all four cardinal directions, albeit on different parts of its route.[a] The drive is named for early 20th century, Chicago businessman and city planner Charles H. Wacker.
The upper level is normally known as Upper Wacker Drive and the lower level is Lower Wacker Drive. A short part has a third level, sometimes called Lower Lower Wacker Drive.
In 1909, architects Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett drew up a plan for the Commercial Club of Chicago to unify the city's urban design and increase its physical beautification. The improvement of traffic flow in Chicago was a major part of the plan. Among its many recommendations was a double-decked roadway along the river, intended to relieve the congestion at River Street and Rush Street, where 50% of the city's north–south traffic crossed the Chicago River. Charles H. Wacker, chairman of the Chicago Plan Commission, pushed the idea.
An extension south to Congress Parkway and Harrison Street was built between 1948 and 1954, replacing Market Street (after the Market Stub of the elevated Lake Street Line was removed).[4] Extensions east were built in 1963 and 1975, with the latter taking it to Lake Shore Drive, and a new lower level starting at Stetson Avenue. At the time, Lake Shore Drive had an S-curve at the river, running where Wacker now goes between Field Boulevard and current Lake Shore Drive. This S-curve was on a viaduct over the Illinois Central Railroad's rail yard, and was at the level of Upper Wacker; the middle and lower levels dead-ended at that point. The current alignment of Lake Shore Drive was finished in 1986, and in 1987 Middle Wacker was extended to meet the new alignment. The ramps to bring upper traffic down had already been built; upper has been dead-ended where it used to end at Lake Shore Drive.
In 2001-2002, Wacker Drive was redesigned and reconstructed between Michigan Avenue and Lake Street. The original upper deck was crumbling, and the entire roadway did not meet modern standards for road widths and clearances. Using a specially-developed "flat-slab, longitudinally post-tensioned, reinforced, high-performance concrete cast-in-place system", the new road deck was expected to have a lifespan of 75–100 years.[5] Walkways along the river were meant to make the drive more pedestrian-friendly, while restoration of historic limestone elements and reproduction lighting evoked the drive's original 1926 appearance. The 20-month, $200-million project was completed on time and within budget.[6]
In spring of 2010, work commenced on rebuilding the north-south section of Wacker, from Randolph Street to Congress Parkway, including the upper and lower levels. This is a continuation of the Revive Wacker Drive project started in 2001.
Wacker is the only street to intersect both State Street (the east–west center line) and Madison Street (the north–south center line), although Lake Shore Drive and LaSalle Street/Drive[7] also each cross both dividing lines.
In April 2014, The American Council of Engineering Companies awarded the Wacker Drive and Congress Parkway Reconstruction project its Grand Conceptor Award. The project team was led by TranSystems and included roadway, bridge and tunnel improvement work. The project involved complex staging to keep 135,000 vehicles and 150,000 pedestrians moving through the construction zone each day.
Parent falcon on bridge. One baby boy and three baby girl peregrine falcons are banded atop the Marine Parkway Bridge. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Joseph McLauchlan,
Alderman
Councillor
Promoter of the Transporter Bridge
He laid one of the bridge foundation stones on 3rd August 1910.
Coal and Coke Merchant,
Work 2, Exchange Place;
Home 7, Grange Terrace, New Linthorpe
Buried in Linthorpe Cemetery
1901 Joseph McLauchlan JP (1843-1919) Middlesbrough's 47th Mayor
Councillor for South & Grove Hill Ward 1880-1898
Alderman 1898 -1919
Committees: Chairman of Ferry Sub Committee, Chairman of Sanatorium Committee, Finance, General Purposes & Parliamentary, Fire Brigade,
As Mayor was an ex-official member of all 19 council committees.
Joseph was born in 1843 in Crook, Co Durham, on St Swithin's Day. He was educated at home by his father, who was a schoolmaster. In 1867 he came to Middlesbrough and joined Bolckow, Vaughan & Co working at Eston for 5 years, then taking a responsible position in their head commercial department for 6 years. He went into business as a colliery owner in 1878 and was Director of the Silica Brickworks, Crook, Founder and Director of the Castle Carey Fire Clay Co Ltd and Director of Etherly Grange and Woodhouses Colliers, Bishop Auckland. In 1892 he retired from the Volunteer Corps gaining the rank of Sergeant-Major after 28 years service, having refused a commission so as to remain in the ranks. He was also awarded a Long Service Medal. In June 1901 he wrote a letter to the Ferry Committee to draw attention to the widely acknowledged need to update the crossing facility over the Tees from Middlesbrough to Port Clarence. In the letter he reminded the committee that during recent years various bridge and tunnel schemes had been suggested, but none had offered any credibility or subject for debate because of the potential costs to the Corporation. He had visited all the transporter bridges already in existence on the continent and believed the design to be appropriate for Middlesbrough's needs. He attended the Coronation of Edward VII as a guest of His Majesty in 1902. He headed the sub-committee to consider the suitability of a transporter bridge as a means to link Middlesbrough with Port Clarence in June 1904 and in September, the committee gave its approval for a deputisation to visit the transporter bridges in operation at Rouen and Nantes. On 3rd August 1910 he and Thomas Gibson Poole laid the Foundation Stones for the Transporter Bridge and he was presented with a Silver Mallet and trowel on this occasion. He was also a Justice of the Peace, He died in 1919 and is buried in Linthorpe Cemetery.
The Bronx-Whitestone Bridge is celebrating 75 years of service. The bridge opened to traffic on April 29, 1939.
Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels archives.
Date: 22.03.2011
Location: Amsterdam Noord, Mosveld
Wall: 650 m2 of the complete bridge and tunnel walls
All artists of the Urban Art Exchange SH(OUT)!!! painted together the complete bridge and tunnel walls at the Mosplein in Amsterdam Noord. A common color scheme for the styels and the background was chosen by the organisation crew. During a preparation meeting the wall space was divided amon the artists in order to get a good composition of stylewriters and characters.
URBAN ART MURALISM - ARTIST EXCHANGE in AMSTERDAM
A group of 36 Urban Artists coming from six European countries – Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France and Austria – took part in the European Art Exchange Project “SH(OUT)!!!” from 18.03.11 to 27.03.11 in Amsterdam.
The main activities included several mural paintings in the city of Amsterdam, an exhibition in the Dokhuis Gallery as well as a common art workshop with local young people.
Nowadays Urban Art has worldwide acceptance as a young art form. Urban Artists form and transform public spaces and present their work, free of charge, throughout the cities. The event gives respect and pays tribute to art from the streets and makes this art form more accessible to a broader audience through various live painting activities in the city, two innovative group exhibitions and workshops.
Visit our website: www.urban-art-muralism.com/
Check our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/urbanartattack
Elbe Tunnel (1911)
Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel (coll.) or St. Pauli Elbtunnel (official name)) which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany. The 426 m (1,398 ft) long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m (80 ft) beneath the surface, two tubes with 6 m (20 ft) diameter connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe. This meant a big improvement for tens of thousands of workers in one of the busiest harbours in the world.
Four huge lifts on either side of the tunnel carried pedestrians, carriages and motor vehicles to the bottom. They are still in operation, though due to the limited capacity by today's standards, other bridges and tunnels have been built and taken over most of the traffic.
In 2008 approx 300.000 cars, 63.000 bicycles and 700.000 pedestrians used the tunnel. The tunnel is opened 24 hours for pedestrians and bicycles. For motorized vehicles opening times are currently Monday to Friday from 5.20 AM to 8.00 PM, on Saturdays from 5.20 AM to 4.00 PM.
HistoryOn July 22, 1907 the construction of the tunnel started to connect the quarters of St. Pauli near the Landungsbrücken and Steinwerder.
Work was done under pressure because the tunnel was below the water table of the Elbe. This type of building technique was used in the 19th century, in large engineering excavations, such as with the piers of bridges and with tunnels, where caissons under pressure were used to keep water from flooding the excavations, such as the foundations of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
But workers who spend time in high-pressure atmospheric pressure conditions are at risk when they return to the lower pressure outside the caisson without slowly reducing the surrounding pressure. Due to the problems associated with decompression sickness, many of the men working on the Elbe tunnel were affected by, what was known at the time, Caisson's Disease. Three men died, 74 suffered severe cases and more than 600 came down with light symptoms among 4,400 workers.
The tunnel opened on September 7, 1911.
[edit] Modern usageIn the tunnel an art exhibition (ElbArt (German)) and a long-distance running event Elbtunnel-Marathon (website of the organiser (German)) are taking place.[1] In 2008 the tunnel participated in the Tag des offenen Denkmals (Day of the open heritage site), a Germany-wide annual event sponsored by the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, that opens cultural heritage sites to the public.[2]
(Wikipedia)
Tunnel opened 25 May 1950 (2008 Daily Traffic Volumes: 55,000)
Note: American Flag for 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001.
We were there the night the brewery gave out these huge patches to beer club members. They also had a woman on hand who'd sew the patches onto their clothes, like so.
Battle buddies Grajewski (left) and Prince head to their mission at Penn Station through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, one of the JTF Empire Shield standard mission sites where JTF members provide security along, with the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)
Infienillos Bridge and Tunnel 31 between Rio Blanco and San Mateo on the Central Railway of Peru.
Infienillos = 'little hell'.
From publicity material dated 1926.
New York City- Joint Task Force Empire Shield (JTF-ES) Senior Airmen Dilberto Perez, 105th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, and Specialist Djowmhath Salimou, 133rd Composite Supply company, 53rd Troop Command, New York Army National Guard, during a recent patrol of Grand Central Station as part of their duties with JTF-ES.
JTF -ES is the state’s standing military organization that plans and prepares for defense support to civil authority missions throughout the New York City area and is jointly staffed with Army and Air National Guard personnel along with members of the New York Naval Militia and New York Guard.
The service members on JTF-ES augment the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police at Penn Station, Grand Central Station in New York City and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD) at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia Airports, the New State Police and the Tunnel Bridge and Toll Authority (TBTA) at the various bridges and tunnels in the New York City area. Division of Military and Naval Affairs Photos by New York Guard Captain Mark Getman.
This moquette was carried by "birdcage"3363 when it was withdrawn and converted to a bridge and tunnel gauging vehicle.
Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (Alter Elbtunnel colloquially or St. Pauli Elbtunnel officially) which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany. The 426 m long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m beneath the surface, two 6 m diameter tubes connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe. This was a big improvement for tens of thousands of workers in one of the busiest harbors in the world.
Four large lifts on either side of the tunnel carry pedestrians and vehicles to the bottom. The two tunnels are both still in operation, though due to their limited capacity by today's standards, other bridges and tunnels have been built and taken over most of the traffic.
In 2008 approximately 300,000 cars, 63,000 bicycles, and 700,000 pedestrians used the tunnel. The tunnel is opened 24 hours for pedestrians and bicycles. For motorized vehicles, opening times are currently Monday to Friday from 5:20 AM to 8:00 PM and on Saturdays from 5:20 AM to 4:00 PM. Source: en.wikipedia.org
The Seekonk River Drawbridge is a defunct Scherzer rolling lift railway bridge which spans the Seekonk River, connecting the city of Providence, Rhode Island, to the suburb of East Providence. Stuck in the open position since its abandonment in 1976, it is known to nearby residents as the "Stuck-Up Bridge" and has become somewhat of a local icon of urban decay.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels is replacing the 50-year-old Harlem River Drive southbound ramp leading onto the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. The work, originally planned for the 2013-2015 Capital Budget, was accelerated after a recent inspection showed severe deterioration to the 20,800-square-foot ramp, due in part to its age and the result of several harsh winters. Photo by Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
www.vogueo.fr/vogueo/index.jsp
Voguéo
Le trafic est fluide...
La ligne dessert : Gare d’Austerlitz, Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (à l’aller), Bercy (au retour), Ivry Pont Mandela et École vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort . Au total, le trajet durera 55 mn pour effectuer la boucle en aller-retour.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogu%C3%A9o
Voguéo est un service public de transport en commun par navette fluviale assuré sur la Seine et la Marne.
Défini par le syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF) en 2007, le service a été inauguré le 28 juin 2008 entre la gare d’Austerlitz à Paris et l'école vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort, avec un temps de parcours moyen de trente-cinq minutes, réduit à vingt-huit minutes l'année suivante.
Voguéo offre aux franciliens et touristes la possibilité de découvrir la Seine en amont de Paris, en utilisant les forfaits de transports habituels, ce qui n'est pas le cas des compagnies touristiques. Le service permet de découvrir plusieurs ponts et lieux de Paris, rarement inclus dans les parcours touristiques : le viaduc hélicoïdal d'Austerlitz qui supporte la ligne 5 du métro, le pont Charles-de-Gaulle, plus récent pont routier de la ville ouvert en 1992, la passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, dernière lancée sur la Seine à Paris en 2006, la bibliothèque François-Mitterrand, les Grands Moulins de Paris et le nouveau quartier de Paris Rive Gauche, le ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie, unique édifice parisien ayant des piliers dans le cours du fleuve, le palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy et des échappées sur le parc de Bercy. Dans le Val-de-Marne, le paysage est plus industriel et la rive droite est longée par l'autoroute de l'Est, mais permet néanmoins de découvrir Chinagora et les rives de la Marne.
The imposing Fairview Lift Bridge crosses the Yellowstone River between Fairview, Montana and Cartwright, North Dakota. Visible at the end of the bridge is the Cartwright Tunnel.
The Fairview Bridge is a former railroad lift bridge built in 1912 across the Yellowstone River about 4 miles east of the Montana/North Dakota border. Built in the twilight of steamboat traffic on the lower Yellowstone, the only time the bridge was ever lifted was in 1913 to make sure the components worked correctly. The rails going over the bridge, though initially intended to form a secondary main line of the Great Northern for over 550 miles between New Rockford, North Dakota and Lewistown, Montana, ultimately never went any farther west than Fairview, Montana nor any farther east than Watford City, North Dakota, a total distance of nearly 40 miles. Trains operated over what became a unique branch line until 1992, when it was completely abandoned.
Due to the steep hills lining the eastern bank of the Yellowstone River in this vicinity, a 1,458-foot long tunnel was built to the east of the lift bridge. This tunnel, named the Cartwright Tunnel in honor of the closest city, was the only one ever built in North Dakota.
Today, both the bridge and tunnel have been turned into major tourist attractions in the Fairview, Montana area. Go to www.midrivers.com/~fairview/bridges.html to find out more information about them.
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge consists of a series of bridges and tunnels that connect Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai, three major cities on the Pearl River Delta in China.
Museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems.
On the way to Ooty from Mettupalayam. India. The route is dotted with many such bridges and tunnels.
The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel passes underwater and off-shore of Governors Island's northeast corner, its location marked by an octagonal air ventilation building connected to the island by a causeway.
I think that this is called Wise's Hole after Berkeley Deane Wise who designed the walkway including the bridges and tunnels.
Date: 22.03.2011
Location: Amsterdam Noord, Mosveld
Wall: 650 m2 of the complete bridge and tunnel walls
All artists of the Urban Art Exchange SH(OUT)!!! painted together the complete bridge and tunnel walls at the Mosplein in Amsterdam Noord. A common color scheme for the styels and the background was chosen by the organisation crew. During a preparation meeting the wall space was divided amon the artists in order to get a good composition of stylewriters and characters.
URBAN ART MURALISM - ARTIST EXCHANGE in AMSTERDAM
A group of 36 Urban Artists coming from six European countries – Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France and Austria – took part in the European Art Exchange Project “SH(OUT)!!!” from 18.03.11 to 27.03.11 in Amsterdam.
The main activities included several mural paintings in the city of Amsterdam, an exhibition in the Dokhuis Gallery as well as a common art workshop with local young people.
Nowadays Urban Art has worldwide acceptance as a young art form. Urban Artists form and transform public spaces and present their work, free of charge, throughout the cities. The event gives respect and pays tribute to art from the streets and makes this art form more accessible to a broader audience through various live painting activities in the city, two innovative group exhibitions and workshops.
Visit our website: www.urban-art-muralism.com/
Check our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/urbanartattack
Scenic Circumbaikal route by the lake Baikal with dozens of bridges and tunnels.
Copyright © Janne Saavalainen
The Triborough Bridge, renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in 2008, and sometimes referred to as the RFK Triborough Bridge, is a complex of three separate bridges in New York City, United States, carrying Interstate 278 and New York State Route 900G. Spanning the Harlem River, the Bronx Kill, and the Hell Gate, a strait of the East River, the bridges connect the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and The Bronx via Randalls and Wards Islands, which are joined by landfill.
The bridge is owned and operated by the MTA Bridges and Tunnels, part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_Daumesnil
Le lac Daumesnil est un lac artificiel du Bois de Vincennes, à l'est de Paris, en France. Il fait partie du réseau hydraulique du bois de Vincennes et est alimenté par les eaux de la Seine (initialement, celles de la Marne).
Le lac Daumesnil, qui porte le nom du baron Pierre Daumesnil, comporte deux îles, l'île de Bercy et l'île de Reuilly. Près des berges du lac se trouvent la pagode de Vincennes et le temple bouddhiste tibétain de Kagyu-Dzong.
Vers 1865, la promenade publique du bois de Vincennes s'accrut du parc de Charenton, détaché de la commune voisine de Charenton-le-Pont et qui vint rattacher le bois à la ville de Paris ; c'est dans cette partie que fut creusé ce plan d'eau de 12 hectares.
A bypass is being constructed to replace the 600 foot long stretch. Beginning in 1958, California began the process to replace Devil's Slide with an inland route over Montara Mountain, known as the Martini Creek Bypass. The bypass bisected a section of McNee Ranch State Park, and was opposed by community and environmental groups. By 1975, 55% of the right-of-way had been acquired, when work on the proposed bypass was abandoned due to public opposition.
Most environmentalists supported a tunnel as a more environmentally sensitive alternative to the Martini Creek Bypass. A short railroad tunnel built in 1908 went through the area, but was destroyed during Prohibition, to keep it from being used by alcohol smugglers. The Sierra Club proposed building a tunnel to bypass the road in 1973. A Caltrans study in 1974 determined that a tunnel would be a viable alternative to the current road or a proposed inland freeway bypass. However, the state dropped the idea in the late 1970s.
A major slide in 1983 brought the problem to the public attention again. In 1985 Caltrans proposed the Martini Creek bypass as the preferred solution. However, the Sierra Club sued to stop construction, as California law requires that Highway 1 be restricted to 2 lanes in rural areas. The 101 foot wide road bed, complete with continuous uphill passing lanes, run-away truck ramps, and extra wide shoulders, would be the widest "2-lane" road in the state. Again the state decided to return to the status quo.
A five month outage caused by a slide in January 1995 again brought public scrutiny to the stretch of highway. In April, Caltrans documents were discovered that showed the agency had intentionally overestimated the costs of a tunnel, to support the freeway bypass. In July, the Federal Highway Administration ordered Caltrans to re-evaluate a tunnel to bypass Devil's Slide. On November 5, 1996, San Mateo County voters approved Measure T by 76%, changing the county's stated preference from construction of the bypass to construction of a tunnel. On November 9, Caltrans changed its position, supporting a bridge and tunnel as the best environmental, economic, and popular alternative to Devil's Slide.
Ground was broken for the new tunnel on May 6, 2005 with the boring of twin 30 foot diameter tunnels started September 17, 2007, and should be completed in 2010. After the Devil's Slide bypass is complete, the old Devil's Slide highway will be converted into a trail for hikers and bikers.
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These elegant Chinese style cast iron bridges in Sydney Gardens were designed by John Rennie, who engineered the canal itself and also designed most of the waterway's ornamental bridges and tunnels.
"Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel (coll.) or St. Pauli Elbtunnel (official name)) which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany. The 426 m (1,398 ft) long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m (80 ft) beneath the surface, two tubes with 6 m (20 ft) diameter connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe. This meant a big improvement for tens of thousands of workers in one of the busiest harbors in the world.
Four huge lifts on either side of the tunnel carried pedestrians, carriages and motor vehicles to the bottom. They are still in operation, though due to the limited capacity by today's standards, other bridges and tunnels have been built and taken over most of the traffic.
In 2008 approx 300.000 cars, 63.000 bicycles and 700.000 pedestrians used the tunnel. The tunnel is opened 24 hours for pedestrians and bicycles."
Source: wikipedia.org
In July 2018 we spent a few days with Brian's family at a house on the Willoughby Spit in Norfolk, Virginia
We spent each day on the Chesapeake Bay beach.
The row of lights are along the I-64 Hampton Road Bridge and Tunnel.
The real squinty bridge is in Glasgow but I quite liked this stone imposter. Unfortunately, due to heading out pretty early in the morning, the sun hadn't reached a point high enough in the sky, meaning that the difference between light and shadow is pretty severe.
I walked under this bridge later on in the day but by then, it was cloudy so the whole thing was under shadow. By late morning, the path was beginning to fill up with people as well, making it hard to get photos without having someone else walk into the scene. This walk is the only one I've ever been on where people haven't had something negative to say about photographing bridges and tunnels. Passers by normally expect me to photographing birds that are flying directly over the sun into a shadowy abyss.