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A lot going on in this shot....At far left in the distance an inbound GO Transit train heads east, led by GOT 604. In the middle, GOT 614 pushes a train westwards and at right more GO Transit trains are stored at the North Bathurst Yard.
Bizkaiko Zubia da Euskal Herrian dagoen Gizateriaren Ondare bakarra... ondarea simetrikoa.
El Puente Colgante es el unico Patrimonio de la Humanidad de Euskal Herria... un patrimonio simetrico
The sun has just come out from behind the tree line as the first off-peak southbound of the morning passes through on the shores of the Harlem River. The train is lead by a former West-of-Hudson Comet cab below the Henry Hudson Bridge with Amtrak's Spuyten Duyvil drawbridge filling in the background. These two impressive bridges carry roads and rails across the Harlem between Manhattan and the Bronx.
Note the white dot above the drawbridge. The moon was out fairly late this morning and was soon to vanish into the blue after this photo was taken.
MNCW 844 @ Spuyten Duyvil, NY
MNCW Comet IIA 6127
La verdad es que ésta ni es una buena foto, ni tiene mérito, ni na-de-na. Sólo es un testimonio de las maravillosas vistas que tiene el hotel AC Oviedo de la capital asturiana y encima desde la propia habitación que ocupaba...Eso sí, el techo del tren que se ve es el del Talgo "Covadonga-Finisterre" procedente de Gijón y con 269 en cabeza...Para los que no conozcáis la estación, a la izquierda podéis ver claramente las vías de FEVE y a la derecha están estacionadas dos unidades 440 reformadas. En fin, una foto testimonial más que otra cosa y si váis a este hotel, ya sabéis: que os den la habitación con vistas a la vía!!!
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
10/17/15 - While I ventured away from the main market to check out the local graffiti, I came across a new store (at least new to me. You walk in and there are stairs going up and stairs going down. Going down, there was this great graffiti on the walls. It really gave the place a great vibe. There was a store in the basement. This was the view looking back up towards the street.
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.
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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
On the left, the former Monessen Southwestern railway line now used by Wheeling and Lake Erie to haul coke from Monessen.
On the right, the extension of the Monessen Southwestern trestle that originally connected to the lower deck of the Speers Railroad Bridge. The west side of the bridge was never connected, but the original intention of this design was to connect the MSW with the Allenport Sheet Plant. The connection on the East Side, shown here, was removed some time ago.
The bridge above was built by the P&WV some time in the late '20s/early '30s. Currently it is still in use by the WLE Railroad.
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