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The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has a central span of 4,260 feet (1,298 m) and was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1964, surpassing the Golden Gate Bridge by 60 feet. This view is from Fort Wadsworth at Staten Island
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Bridge of the Americas OR Puente de las Américas OR Thatcher Ferry Bridge - Panama
The Bridge of the Americas (Spanish: Puente de las Américas; originally known as the Thatcher Ferry Bridge) is a road bridge in Panama, which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Completed in 1962, at a cost of US$20 million, it was the only non-swinging bridge (there are two other bridges, one at the Miraflores locks and one at the Gatun locks) connecting the north and south American land masses until the opening of the Centennial Bridge in 2004. The bridge was designed by Sverdrup & Parcel.
The bridge is a cantilever design where the suspended span is a tied arch. The bridge has a total length of 1,654 m (5,425 ft) in 14 spans, abutment to abutment. The main span measures 344 m (1,128 ft) and the tied arch (the center part of the main span) is 259 m (850 ft).[1] The highest point of the bridge is 117 m (384 ft) above mean sea level; the clearance under the main span is 61.3 m (201 ft) at high tide. Ships must cross under this bridge when traversing the canal, and are subject to this height restriction. (The Centennial Bridge is also a fixed obstacle, but its clearance is much higher: 80.0 m (262 ft)).
Crosses: Pacific approach to the Panama Canal
Locale: Balboa, Panama
Design: Steel through arch bridge John F. Beasly & Company
Total length: 1,654 m (5,425 ft)
Width: 10.4 m (34 ft)
Longest span: 344 m (1,128 ft)
Clearance below: 61.3 m (201 ft) at high tide
Opened: October 12, 1962
Daily traffic Statistics:35,000 (2004)
Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Rotterdam, 18-02-2015. A15 ter hoogte van knooppunt Benelux. A15 met Benneluxtunnel onder de Niuewe Maas aan de horizon, links Pernis met Shell raffinaderij. Kolentrein op Betuweroute rijdt richting Maasvlakte en passeert leidingenviaduct.
Motorway A15, connecting Port of Rotterdam with hinterland, harbours and container terminals.
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copyright foto/photo Siebe Swart
A well informed member of our spotting clan noticed that some diversions were taking place over the Woodhead route on Sundays not long before it was due to close.
So we drove up from Leamington Spa, visited a couple of depots near Sheffield and then took a splendid ride across the pennines.
A quick trip to the depot at Longsight, and we almost missed our train back.
Going east the snow had stopped and the sky was completely blue. In my excitement I'd used up all of my film on the journey west - doh......
Our train is now west of Penistone, the Huddersfield line is carried by the viaduct to the left of centre.
The images from the series “Infrastructure of Artifice” were shot on location in the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 2007, using a large format view camera. Being the largest port in Europe, (second only to Shanghai globally) the Port of Rotterdam is a construct of enormous proportions that necessitates the globalized economy in which we all reside. In an increasingly globalized world, society becomes ever more homogenized creating a level of disassociation and isolation within the human psyche. The photographic gaze is drawn to the literal infrastructure of the port, at the same time highlighting the artificial construct of a landscape entirely reclaimed from the sea. This extreme example of how humankind affects the ‘natural’ landscape acts as a metaphor for the implications of artifice within the modern world. The images herein, seek to meditate upon the Port of Rotterdam as a simulacrum of modern day society and how this reflects upon the human condition.
Good thing the bridge is open, ya think? The Gopher State is headed down river as it slips by the Milwaukee Road bridge at Sabula, IA.
Among the many new infrastructures that have profoundly changed the area around Lisbon, one in particular draws much attention: the Vasco da Gama bridge. It has 13 km and straddling the river Tagus providing a panoramic view of the city.
M53
In the 1960's, Vauxhall Motors decided to build a car factory at Hooton, Ellesmere Port, on the site of a disused airfield. However, the existing road access was totally inadequate.
A new road network was required within the immediate area, to serve the development. Not only was it essential for the supply of raw materials, and as a reasonable means of access for employees, but it was required also for the delivery of finished vehicles to markets in all parts of the country and abroad.
The site was close to Ellesmere Port itself, at the western end of the Manchester Ship Canal, and near to the Docks at Birkenhead and Liverpool.
In particular, access was needed to the A41, the major road between Chester and Birkenhead.
In view of the employment which the factory would bring to the area, the Cheshire County Council was keen to assist in the development. Following negotiations with the Company it was agreed that a new dual two-lane carriageway road would be constructed from a junction with the A41 at Hooton, and a junction with the A5032 immediately north of Ellesmere Port, both of which would be grade separated. The latter would link directly into the site of the new factory and its cost would be met by the Company.
Both the factory and the 2½ mile long road, known initially as the 'Hooton Industrial Road', were built concurrently by the same Contractor.
Although primarily serving the needs of the factory when completed in 1968, it soon became apparent that there was an expanding need for even better facilities. It was decided, therefore, to extend the road southwards, through Ellesmere Port for a further 2½ miles, as far as the A5117 and to provide grade separated junctions. On completion of this section, in the summer of 1975, and upgrading to a dual two-lane carriageway standard, the whole length was designated as the M531, the first 'county motorway' in Cheshire.
M56
As a first stage, a Preliminary Report was prepared in November of that year into the investigations which had been carried out into the proposal for an extension as far as Little Stanney. At this point, it would connect with the proposed extension of the Ellesmere Port Motorway M531.
It was envisaged that, in due course, it would be extended further to cross the proposed Dee Barrage. Until this was constructed, however, M56 traffic would cross the Dee at either Queensferry or via the proposed Chester Southerly By-pass.
In August 1969, a second Report was prepared justifying the extension as far as Dunkirk, on A5117, at a point between the A41 and A540 junctions. It was considered that the improvement of the existing route was not practicable due to the nearby extensive oil refineries, pipelines, and a recently constructed sewage treatment works. It had been built across peat deposits and subsidence was still evident.
The statutory procedures which were commenced in 1973 were in respect of proposals for
1. the completion of the Hapsford Interchange by the addition of west facing slip roads
2. dual three-lane carriageways from Hapsford to Stoak,
3. the M56/M531 Stoak Interchange, and
4. dual two-lane carriageways from Stoak to Dunkirk.
Cheshire Interchange Spring 2014
In Dubai, E 11 is known as "Sheikh Zayed Road". This road is the main artery of the city. The highway runs parallel to the coastline from Trade Centre Roundabout to the border with the emirate of Abu Dhabi, 55 kilometres (34 mi) away in the area of Jebel Ali.
The road was formerly known as Defence Road. Between 1993 and 1998, 30 kilometres (19 mi) of the road was expanded. Along with this improvement came a change in the name. Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai at the time, named the road after the then president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
The Sheikh Zayed Road is home to most of Dubai's skyscrapers, including the Emirates Towers. The highway also connects other new developments such as the Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina. The road has most of the Red Line of Dubai Metro running alongside it. In Dubai itself much of the highway has seven to eight lanes in each direction
View along the center express track as it rises upward to enter the "hump" style Upper Level twin Express level platforms. The local trains ran on the outer tracks and stopped at the Lower Level platforms in the "tunnels". This structure and models were built around 1971
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The strange shutter design on the Manchester County Court makes the building look like some sci-fi spacecraft.
Chicago Transit Authority 4000 series cars at Linden Avenue in Wilmette, Illinois on April 18, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Yesterday i wanted to visit & photograph the Tulip fields near Lisse & Hillegom in province South Hollan
d (Zuid-Holland). I was a bit dissapointed and did not see alot of tulips in the fields yet although I saw some great tulip field photos of some photographers in other areas in the Netherlands. It was also a bit cloudy on the lower part of the horizon so i was not able to see the sun during the sunset. I decided to go visit one of the three calavatra bridges from the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava between Hoofddorp and Nieuw Vennep. This is most southern of the three of the cable stayed bridges. I upped the contrasted so you don't see alot of details and the focus is 100% on the symmetric lines. It was a challenge to shoot this photo because my nikon 18-200 has zoom creep so the lens falls down when shooting (don't have the 18-200 version with the lock). I will certainly check out the tulip fields and the other calavatra bridges.
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