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The RJ Corman Railroad Cumberland River Swing Bridge (or just Cumberland River Swing Bridge) in Clarksville, Tennessee is literally one of the marvels on the Cumberland River and has been the hub of commerce for our area for more than a century. The following is a breakdown of the specifics of the bridge:
‧ Overview - Swing through truss bridge over Cumberland River on R.J. Corman Railroad/Memphis Line at Clarksville
‧ Location - Clarksville, Tennessee; Montgomery County, Tennessee
‧ Status - Open to traffic
‧ History - Built 1891 by the Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania [also known as A & P Roberts Co.]
‧ Railroads - Louisville & Nashville Railroad (LN); Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway (NC & StL); R.J. Corman Railroad (RJCN; RJCR; RJCC; RJCL; RJCM; RJCP; RJCK; RJNX; RJCV)
‧ Design - Main span: Swing pin-connected through truss
‧ Approaches - Pair of pin-connected, 8-panel Camelback through trusses
‧ Also called - NKP Cumberland River Swing Bridge; R J Corman - Cumberland River Swing Bridge; L&N - Cumberland River Swing Bridge
This photo was taken in 2013 during my previous Project 365…please visit my album for this “REMASTERED” Project 365 as I revisit each day of 2013 for additional photos to share!!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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"I'm one of those people who when I go over a bridge, I want to jump. It's just this intense tickle in the back of my throat. It's like I'm on the verge the whole time I'm walking over that bridge, and I'm not going to get a release until I jump."
-- Willem Dafoe (American actor who is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA)
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Metropolis Railroad Bridge is a six-span through truss bridge over the Ohio River on the Canadian National Railway connecting West Paducah, KY and Metropolis, IL. It was built in 1917 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad by the American Bridge Company under the direction of engineers C.H. Cartlidge and Ralph Modjeski. Not long after completion in 1917, ownership of the bridge was passed on to the Paducah and Illinois Railroad, a newly formed railroad jointly owned by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. In 1925, the Illinois Central Railroad purchased a 1/3 share of the Paducah and Illinois Railroad, and assumed operations and maintenance, as the bridge served as an important link in their newly completed Edgewood-Fulton Cutoff route. As of 2013, the bridge is still owned by the Paducah and Illinois Railroad, with operations managed by the Canadian National Railway and bridge maintenance/inspection managed by BNSF Railway, where it continues to see heavy use. At time of construction, the main span over the river channel of 720 feet was the longest simple truss span in the world.
bridgehunter.com/il/massac/metropolis/
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Congressman William L. Clay Sr. Bridge, formerly known as the Bernard F. Dickmann Bridge and more popularly as the Poplar Street Bridge or PSB was completed in 1967 and is a 647-foot-long deck girder bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge arrives on the Missouri shore line just south of the Gateway Arch. Planned just before construction of the Arch, the builders in 1959 were to request that 25 acres of the Gateway Arch property be turned over from the National Park Service for the bridge. The request generated enormous controversy and ultimately 2.5 acres of the Jefferson Expansion National Memorial (which included all of the original platted area of St. Louis when it was acquired in the 1930's and 1940's) was given to the bridge.
Although the bridge's former name honors former St. Louis mayor Bernard F. Dickmann, it is most commonly referred to as the Poplar Street Bridge, with many locals unaware of its official name. The Missouri end of the bridge sits over Poplar Street, and the media started referring to it by that name long before the bridge opened due to the fact that the bridge was built over Poplar Street. However, in October 2013, the bridge became officially known as the “Congressman William L. Clay Sr. Bridge”. Clay, 82 at the time of the naming, became Missouri’s first African-American congressman when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1968.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Byrd Creek Dam and Bridge, also known as Cumberland Mountain State Park Stone Arch Bridge, is a concrete stone arch bridge and the centerpiece of the Cumberland Mountain State Park near Crossville, Tennessee. The dam was built on Byrd Creek forming an approximately 50 acre lake on the southeast side. Highway TN419 carries the seven span bridge which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Cumberland Homesteads Historic District. Byrd Creek Dam is the largest masonry structure ever built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Here is the text of the nearby historic marker:
Men of the Civilian Conservation Corps' Company 3464 built this unsuspended bridge between 1935 and 1940, for a 50-acre impoundment of Byrd's Creek. Three thousand five hundred and fifty cubic yards of dirt and rock were excavated and the core, containing 8,000 tons of concrete, is faced with Crab Orchard stone for the entire 319-foot span. Seven spillways, rising 28 feet above the stream bed, carry the 18-foot roadway approximately 16 feet above water level.
The Cumberland Homesteads Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on September 30, 1988 and includes the Byrd Creek Dam and Bridge within Cumberland Mountain State Park seen in the photograph above.
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/157e56d0-0c05-4d61-a12...
tnstateparks.com/parks/cumberland-mountain
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5000 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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“There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.”
– Ziggy Marley (Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, actor and philanthropist who is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley)
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Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 500
Aperture – f/4
Exposure – 1/8000 second
Focal Length – 28mm
Exposure Bias – -3 step
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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"Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge."
-- Don Henley (American musician, and a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he is the drummer and one of the lead vocalists, as well as the sole continuous member of the band)
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Natchez/Vidalia Bridge are two twin cantilever bridges carrying U.S. Route 84 and 425 across the Mississippi River between Vidalia, Louisiana and Natchez, Mississippi. And, it is the tallest bridge in Mississippi.
The original bridge (seen on the North or far side in the photograph above), designed by Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tammen of New York, New York and built by the Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was completed in September 1940. It has only two 8-foot lanes and lacks shoulders. It was originally bidirectional, but now carries all westbound traffic. The newer, eastbound bridge (on the South or near side of the photograph above) completed in 1988 has 11-foot lanes with inside and outside shoulders. The original 1940 bridge, today paired with a modern cantilever truss, is a very early example of a truss bridge with no v-lacing or lattice on its members. An unusual detail is that the cantilever arms hold the suspended span from the top chord, rather than extending a hanger down to the bottom chord. It is interesting to note that this unusual design detail is replicated in the companion 1988 bridge that was built next to the original, historic bridge.
historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=missis...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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“Winter forms our character and brings out our best.”
— Tim Allen (American actor and comedian who is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement, for which he won a Golden Globe Award, and Mike Baxter on the sitcom Last Man Standing)
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6 along with the final conversion to Black & White.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Brownsville bridge, US Route 40 over the Monongahela River.
This bridge was completed in 1914 to replace an 1831 wooden structure that was ill-suited for the vehicular traffic that the National Road was beginning to carry.
I thought at first my horizon was off - but the bridge does slope like this.
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One of the pinned bridge connections to the pier or foundation of the old Cumberland River Bridge. Unfortunately, this magnificent through-truss bridge that was originally built in 1954 was demolished in 2014 after a new wider bridge was completed immediately to the east of this one. Even more unfortunate is the fact that the new version is a rather boring concrete bridge that, while it is 'dressed up' more than normal, is just not quite the same as one of these great old through-trusses where you get the chance to see the engineering up close like this...
This photo was taken in 2013 during my previous Project 365…please visit my album for this “REMASTERED” Project 365 as I revisit each day of 2013 for additional photos to share!!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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A graceful, but slightly asymmetrical continuous through truss bridge over South Holston Lake (South Holston River) in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
History
Authorized by the Tennessee Valley Authority, in cooperation with the Tennessee Highway Department, built in 1949-50 upon the impoundment of the South Holston Lake.
Builders:
- U.S. Steel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Steel Fabricators)
- Virginia Bridge Co. of Roanoke, Virginia (Builders)
Design:
Warren continuous through truss, riveted
Dimensions:
Length of largest span: 400.0 ft
Total length: 1,263.1 ft
Deck width: 23.9 ft
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.3 ft
This bridge is also referred to as the Highway 421 Bridge, Veterans Memorial Bridge, or South Holston Lake Bridge.
Image was taken during my trek to photograph all 95 county courthouses across my home state of Tennessee...now revisiting in order that the courthouses were photographed!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The M-K-T (Missouri-Kansas-Texas) Brazos River Railroad Bridge or also known as the Waco Railroad Bridge East is a metal 6-panel, pin-connected, Pratt through-truss railroad bridge that spans the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. It was constructed in 1906 by King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio. This is one of two railroad bridges sitting next to each other a bit east of the two historic highway bridges in Waco. It rates a 7 of 10 on the historic significance rating and is noteworthy as a pin-connected, multi-span structure built by a prominent bridge builder. As such, along with the highway bridges and the other railroad bridge, this historic bridge helps make Waco a good destination for historic bridge enthusiasts like myself.
historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=texas/...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Harrisburg Covered Bridge was built over the East Fork of the Little Pigeon River by Elbert Stephenson Early in 1875. The bridge is of quite simple design. It was originally supported by what is known as a "queenpost" truss. This type of truss made of hardwood beams permitted the engineer to span a greater distance than the more simplistic "kingpost" truss. The Harrisburg Bridge is roughly sixty feet long and the flooring of the bridge is made of oak planks which were laid from side to side. Windows are set between the vertical post of the truss. Shingles were probably the original roofing material, however, a new galvanized tin roof was added during restoration. Clapboard siding covers the vertical posts which support the roof. The bridge is located a short distance off U.S. Highway 411 with one lane width that adequately serves the residents of the rolling countryside beyond the East Fork.
Like many covered bridges in America, it had fallen into dilapidated condition. In 1972, the Great Smokies Chapter and the Spencer Clack Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution financed the repair and restoration of the structure. At this time, a large concrete support was also added at the center of the bridge.
Harrisburg is a small community in rural Sevier County. There was never any extensive development in the area that it is marked by some fine examples of mid and late nineteenth century homes. The Harrisburg Covered Bridge, long a landmark in the area and some of the only infrastructure since its construction in 1875, is significant as an example of the covered bridges which were once numerous in the state, but have now almost disappeared. It is, in fact, one of just a half-dozen or so which are still standing in Tennessee. Fortunately, it was saved from total dilapidation when two local DAR chapters saw fit to restore the structure and it is one of only three still in use today.
On June 10, 1975, the Harrisburg Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the areas of engineering and transportation. All of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration that can be viewed here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/d2c42d61-3de6-4aeb-891...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Photograph above was taken from one of the upper concourses within Neyland Stadium, Home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, on the campus of the University of Tennessee. The roadway passing below is Neyland Drive that runs parallel to the Tennessee River which is crossed by the Norfolk Bridge and the Henley Street Bridge (both seen in the background). On the left side of the photo is the Tickle College of Engineering (red brick building) and in the center is the Wayne G. Basler Tennessee Boathouse (green roof building sitting right on the edge of the river), Home of the Tennessee Volunteer Rowing teams. And, finally, as you can see, a few straggling Vols fans & Oklahoma Sooner fans still filing into the stadium.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Found on the island of Oahu, this reinforced concrete through-arch bridge over Anahulu Stream is known by many locals as Rainbow Bridge for its distinctive double arches. One of the most recognized symbols of Hale‘iwa, Hawaii, the bridge replaced an earlier wooden structure in 1921. This historic bridge over the Anahulu Stream marks the Northern entrance to old Hale'iwa Town on the North Shore of Oahu. The double-arch bridge's roadway is rather narrow: two cars can barely pass each other. However, the structure is probably more famous locally for simple -- yet quite safe -- river jumping.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Way in the background of the photograph (taken in September 2014) above is Downtown Louisville, Kentucky as seen from Van Dyke Park in Jeffersonville, Indiana on the opposite side of the Ohio River. The first bridge that is farthest away from where I took this photograph is the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge which is a polygonal Warren cantilevered through truss bridge constructed in 1929 by the American Bridge Company. The tolls were removed in 1946 and a rehabilitation was completed in 1958. The next completed bridge closest to my location is the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge which is a cantilevered through truss bridge built in 1963 by the Allied Structural Steel Company and 'rebuilt' in 2016 to serve only southbound traffic on I-65. Finally, closest to me and under construction is the Abraham Lincoln Bridge which is a cable stayed bridge (although not discernible at this point of the construction) built by Walsh Construction that was opened to traffic in 2015 and completed in 2016 once the rebuild mentioned above was completed. This bridge carries all northbound traffic on I-65.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Ross's Landing is located in Downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee along the Tennessee River. As part of a local revitalization plan, Ross's Landing and the downtown waterfront have undergone renovations and im-provements over the last 20 years. Consequently, the landscape and its use have changed since Ross's Land-ing was originally nominated to the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1974. Constructed in 1813, Ross's Landing originally was unimproved, as it was a natural landing site for the swing ferry, which connected the roads on the north and south sides of the Tennessee River and for the flatboats and later keelboats in their voyages on the Tennessee. There was a rough roadway from the riverside to the road, which ran south from the landing to Rossville, Georgia. The property was eligible for the NRHP under criteria A, for the role it played in the transportation of the Cherokee Indians to the Indian Territory, including the role prominent Cherokee leader and businessman John Ross had. This site, like many others associated with the Trail of Tears, was a temporary assembly area and no buildings or structures associated with the trail exist.
More information can be found on the National Parks Service site here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=be0f5a7a-c88e-...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Formerly the Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis (NC&StL) Railroad Bridge across the Calfkiller River in Sparta, Tennessee, this is now part of a pedestrian walking path that stretches between S. Carter Street and S. Young Street and crosses the Calfkiller here. The bridge itself is a deck plate girder bridge that was originally built in 1905. Being a person who loves bridges (and particularly old bridges), I love the fact that a town and/or county have found a way to keep this old bridge around and use them for another purpose from their original intended use.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/
"I want to get to Key West and get away from it all."
-- Ernest Hemingway (American novelist, short-story writer and journalist known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers and who has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image)
-- Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff) --
‧ Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
‧ Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
‧ ISO – 100
‧ Aperture – f/3.8
‧ Exposure – 3 seconds
‧ Focal Length – 21mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/
Construction of Norris Dam began in 1933, just a few months after the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and was completed in 1936. It has two generating units with a summer net dependable capacity of 126 megawatts. The reservoir area (seen on the left side of the dam in the photograph above) also helped form the backbone for the Tennessee State Park system. Norris Reservoir in extends 73 miles up the Clinch River and 56 miles up the Powell from Norris Dam creating the entire reservoir area. It was the first dam TVA built, and is named for Senator George Norris of Nebraska, author of the legislation that created TVA.
-- Norris Dam Facts & Figures --
‧ The dam is 265 feet high and stretches 1,860 feet across the Clinch River.
‧ Norris Lake of Reservoir, the largest reservoir on a tributary of the Tennessee River, has 33,840 acres of water surface and 809 miles of shoreline.
‧ Norris Dam is a hydroelectric facility. It has two generating units with a summer net dependable capacity of 126 megawatts. Net dependable capacity is the amount of power a dam can produce on an average day, minus the electricity used by the dam itself.
‧ The town of Norris was built to house construction workers on the dam. It was a planned community that became a model for others throughout the nation. The town was sold to private owners in 1948.
‧ In a year with normal rainfall, the water level in Norris Reservoir varies about 29 feet from summer to winter to provide seasonal flood storage.
‧ The reservoir has a flood-storage capacity of 1,113,000 acre-feet.
‧ You can find Norris Dam off Hwy. 441 at 30 Powerhouse Way, Norris, Tennessee.
Because of it's historical significance in the area of Civil Engineering and in the creation of the town of Norris, Norris Dam was added to the ASCE List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks in 1986 and the Norris District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1975.
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/d5c187f2-b957-4cd2-9d5...
www.asce.org/about-civil-engineering/history-and-heritage...
www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/hydroelectric/norris
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Image taken at Alabama Point looking east toward the Perdido Pass Bridge that connects Orange Beach, Alabama to Perdido Key and the FloraBama state line. It was just a few minutes after sunrise and, as you can see from the fishing rod on the left, fishermen were already out looking to bring in the big one. The Perdido Pass Bridge was completed in 1989 and replaced a much smaller two-lane bridge from 1962.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Washington Avenue Bridge (1902), a pin-connected, steel Pennsylvania through-truss, spans the Brazos River north of Downtown Waco, Texas. The bridge is located 200 yards west of the Waco Suspension Bridge (1870; NRHP 1970). Built for two-way access, both traffic lanes on the bridge now run in one direction (southwesterly), carrying vehicular traffic from Elm Avenue to Washington Avenue. Pedestrian traffic continues in both directions. The length of the main span is 450 feet. Two approach spans measure 67 feet on the east side and 40 feet on the west, resulting in a total length of 557 feet. The total width, including roadway and sidewalks, is 41½ feet. At its highest point, the truss is 60 feet above the road surface. The bridge's substructure consists of four piers, 96 inches in diameter, one under each inclined end post. The piers are poured-in-place concrete, with the top 20 feet clad in ⅜-inch rolled steel plate. Each pair of piers is braced and cladded with ⅜-inch steel plates and angles, riveted diagonally between the them. The bracing is placed only at the top 18 feet of each pier. The inclined end posts are attached to the piers with a 6-inch diameter steel pin. On the west side the connection assembly is bolted to the top of the pier. To accommodate expansion and contraction the pinned connection assembly on the east side is allowed to slide on rails that are anchored to the top of the piers.
The Washington Avenue Bridge was the second permanent vehicular structure built across the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. The Waco Suspension Bridge (NR 1970) provided the first permanent crossing one block down river (east) in 1870. The 1902 bridge was, at the time of construction, the longest single-span vehicular truss bridge in Texas. Due to the 450-foot span, a truss system with a bowed top chord had to be used, and the Pennsylvania truss - useful in spanning great distances - was chosen. The Washington Avenue Bridge opened to traffic on June 30, 1902, forming a vital link between two main thoroughfares, Washington Avenue on the west bank and Elm Avenue on the east. The contract was awarded to J.H. Sparks of St. Joseph, Missouri, at a cost of $93,300. The railings and approach spans were constructed by Mess Hill Bros, at a cost of $1,850. John Wharton Maxey of Houston served as supervising engineer. McLennan County and the City of Waco each contributed $50,000 to meet the expenses, resulting in joint ownership of the bridge.
The Washington Avenue Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 20, 1998 for its significance in engineering and how it contributed to the rapid economic and demographic growth of Waco on both sides of the river in the early part of the 20th century. All of the information above and much, much more was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
catalog.archives.gov/id/40973013
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The Natchez–Vidalia Bridge are two twin cantilever bridges carrying U.S. Route 84 and 425 across the Mississippi River between Vidalia, Louisiana and Natchez, Mississippi. And, it is the tallest bridge in Mississippi.
The original bridge (seen closest to the camera in the photograph above), designed by Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tammen of New York, New York and built by the Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was completed in September 1940. It has only two 8-foot lanes and lacks shoulders. It was originally bidirectional, but now carries all westbound traffic. The newer, eastbound bridge (on the backside of the two in the photograph above) completed in 1988 has 11-foot lanes with inside and outside shoulders. The original 1940 bridge, today paired with a modern cantilever truss, is a very early example of a truss bridge with no v-lacing or lattice on its members. An unusual detail is that the cantilever arms hold the suspended span from the top chord, rather than extending a hanger down to the bottom chord. It is interesting to note that this unusual design detail is replicated in the companion 1988 bridge that was built next to the original, historic bridge.
historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=missis...
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If you browse through my photostream, you will see that I am a huge fan of bridges. While visiting the Vonore, Tennessee area, I spotted this one while driving across a bridge over the Little Tennessee River on a parallel highway. Afterward, I was able to find a safe spot on the side of the road to pull over and snap a few photos. I don't know much about it except that it is a train bridge and appears to be a 'through-truss bridge' sat on concrete pilings. Unfortunately, no one designs or builds bridges like this anymore due to costs or other goofy reasons...I wish I could change that but not likely!
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Burgess Falls is named after Tom Burgess, a Revolutionary War veteran who settled along this section of the Falling Water River in the 1810's. The Burgess family used the river's rapids to power a grist mill and eventually a saw mill which supplied early settlers with corn meal and lumber. In 1924, the City of Cookeville built an earthen dam along the river a mile or so upstream from Burgess Falls. After a flood destroyed the dam in 1928, the city replaced it with this concrete dam that provided the area with electricity until the arrival of the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1944. Due in large part to calls from Cookevillians to protect the area, Burgess Falls State Park was established in 1971. Part of a pipeline bridge still spans the river in the vicinity of Little Falls (as seen in the photograph above). The pipeline originally crossed the river into a tunnel on the north walls of the gorge and emerged to cross the river again near Middle Falls en route to a powerhouse.
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The Natchez/Vidalia Bridge are two twin cantilever bridges carrying U.S. Route 84 and 425 across the Mississippi River between Vidalia, Louisiana and Natchez, Mississippi. And, it is the tallest bridge in Mississippi.
The original bridge (seen on the left in the photograph above), designed by Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tammen of New York, New York and built by the Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was completed in September 1940. It has only two 8-foot lanes and lacks shoulders. It was originally bidirectional, but now carries all westbound traffic. The newer, eastbound bridge (on the right side of the photograph above) completed in 1988 has 11-foot lanes with inside and outside shoulders. The original 1940 bridge, today paired with a modern cantilever truss, is a very early example of a truss bridge with no v-lacing or lattice on its members. An unusual detail is that the cantilever arms hold the suspended span from the top chord, rather than extending a hanger down to the bottom chord. It is interesting to note that this unusual design detail is replicated in the companion 1988 bridge that was built next to the original, historic bridge.
historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=missis...
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Interesting intersection of two sets of railroad tracks where the one below runs parallel to the Emory River and the upper crosses the river and the lower track on the railroad bridge above...beautiful piece of engineering!
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The Twin Arches Trail and connecting Loop Trail have some unique and awe-inspiring geological features within the Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area. The most impressive is the Twin Arches created by drainage area erosion around this rock that forms the lintel of the arches and is the most erosion-resistant stratum in the region. The North Arch (seen in the photograph above) has a clearance of 51 feet, a span of 93 feet and its deck is 62 feet high; the South Arch has a clearance of 70 feet, a span of 135 feet and its deck is 103 feet high and each bridge has a near-perfect arch shape. The Twin Arches are truly the most impressive rock arches in the eastern United States with very few bridges being as high or as broad as the South Arch. And, if both components of the Twin Arches are regarded as parts of a single landscape feature, then very few natural bridges in the world equal the Twin Arches in size.
The Twin Arches Trail is a 0.7 mile hike which will bring you to the Twin Arches and the start of the Twin Arches Loop Trail. By following the Twin Arches Loop clockwise, you will descend about 400 feet from the arches to Charit Creek Lodge. At the Lodge you will find restrooms, accommodations and maybe even some refreshments. From there the trail follow along Station Camp Creek to an old home site know as Jake's Place. Past Jake's Place the trail once again climbs almost to the top of the plateau and follows the base of a cliff line back to the Twin Arches. Along this section are several huge rock shelters once used by Native Americans, early settlers and even niter miners.
www.nps.gov/biso/planyourvisit/twinarchlt.htm
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The New Eggner Ferry Bridge is a steel tied-arch bridge over Lake Barkley/Cumberland River on US Highway 68 near Canton, KY. It was constructed (completed) in 2016 at a length of nearly 3,500 ft and has 58 ft clear to the water below. This bridge design is unique to the state of Kentucky and includes four 11-foot travel lanes & an eight-foot pedestrian and cycling path. The construction of the causeway and a new bridge over a lagoon on the west side of Kentucky Lake began by Jim Smith Contracting of Grand Rivers with work on the new Eggner’s Ferry Bridge being done by Johnson Brothers Construction of Fort Worth, Texas. Total cost of the new bridge was $133 million and continues to connect the outer land masses to the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.
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The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge carries Interstate 471 over the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Newport, Kentucky. Designed by Hazelet & Erdal of Chicago, Illinois, the bridge itself is a pair of twin tied-arch bridges built side-by-side. Construction was started 1971 after a second round of bidding and it was finally opened to limited traffic 1977. This bridge is named after Daniel Carter Beard, the founder of the Boy Scouts of America, after a long and successful lobbying effort by the BSA organization.
This bridge is also known as the Big Mac Bridge since its yellow arches are said to be similar to the "Golden Arches" logo of McDonald's restaurant. The nickname came on very early and stuck quickly.
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The Rock Island Railroad Bridge located on the Caney Fork & Western Railroad line has multiple areas of high significance that land it on the HistoricBridges.org list, and combine to make it one of the most significant railroad bridges in the State of Tennessee. First, the bridge's main spans are rare examples of pin-connected Warren trusses. Pratt trusses were far more common than Warren trusses during the pin-connected era. Warren trusses became popular only after the riveted connection was popular. This bridge's Warren truss spans are configured as two larger spans which are arranged so that the bridge bears on short piers at the bottom chord, and two shorter spans which bear on tall piers at the top chord. Another notable detail of the Warren trusses is that a third truss line was added to this bridge at a later date in between the original truss lines which would have strengthened the bridge. The third truss line is of heavier construction, indicating its newer construction, but is riveted and uses pin-connections, indicating this is a very old alteration, such that the alteration itself has historic significance.
As rare as the Warren truss spans are, the bridge's approach spans are even more rare and are pin-connected Kingpost deck truss spans. The Kingpost truss configuration is one of the rarest truss configurations among surviving bridges, and it is usually found on highway bridges and as a pony truss. As such, the railroad deck truss Kingpost spans are doubly rare. Frustratingly, these spans are absolutely buried behind trees and are hard to view and photograph even in the winter. The Kingpost spans did not appear to have a third truss line added like the Warren truss spans.
The bridge was built between 1871 & 1872 and spans approximately 660 feet across Great Falls Lake (created in 1917) on the Caney Fork River. It was originally built for the Memphis & Charleston Railroad on its disconnected branch line from Tullahoma, TN to Sparta, TN. Today the railroad track and land is owned by the Tri-County Railroad authority and operated by the previously mentioned Caney Fork & Western Railroad.
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"The bridge between reality and a dream is work."
-- Jared Leto (an American actor and musician known for his method acting in a variety of roles and recipient of numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award)
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The Dandridge Bridge (also known as the Dr. James D. Hoskins-H.B. Jarnigan Bridge or the French Broad Iron Bridge) was a 3-span Warren cantilevered through truss bridge with polygonal top chords over French Broad River on State Highway 92 in Dandridge, Tennessee. It was built between 1942 to 1944 and was later rehabilitated in 1962. Unfortunately, this 1,467 foot long example of bridge engineering was demolished in November of 2017 and replaced with a plain concrete box girder bridge that pales in comparison to this great bridge...too bad Tennessee does this to these wonders of engineering!!
Image was taken during my trek to photograph all 95 county courthouses across my home state of Tennessee...now revisiting in order that the courthouses were photographed!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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At first light with a warm glow in the air, the BASE Jumpers get ready to cast off the Perrine bridge.
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The I. B. Perrine Bridge is four-lane truss arch span in the western United States. Located at Twin Falls, Idaho, it carries U.S. Highway 93 over the Snake River Canyon, connecting to Jerome County and Interstate 84.
The Perrine Bridge is approximately 1,500 feet in total length, with a main span of 993 feet and a deck height of 486 feet above the Snake River it is the eighth highest bridge in the United States.
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The MacArthur Bridge crossing the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois is a railroad bridge designed by Boller, Hodge, and Baird of New York, NY and constructed in 1917 by American Bridge Company of New York, NY. Early investigations for locating this bridge were prepared in 1907 including input from two famous engineering firms, Ralph Modjeski and Waddell and Harrington. It is a Fixed Metal 18 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss with Fixed Metal Deck Girder approach spans. It has a total structural length of 13,300 feet (just over 2.5 miles) with three main spans that are 668 feet in length. This bridge was originally built as a double-deck bridge with highway (on top) and railroad bridge (on bottom). Unfortunately, a project to demolish nearly all of the long-abandoned highway deck was completed. Although some lesser known but noteworthy highway portions remained on the approaches, most were destroyed. Despite this loss, the remaining bridge is still one of the longest and most complex bridge systems in the country. The Mississippi River spans with their 668 foot spans (center to center of pins) or 772 feet (overall length) are among the longest simple truss spans in the entire country. This fact, combined with the unusually heavy double-deck design make this bridge a highly significant engineering feat.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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The Cumberland River Pedestrian Bridge built in 2007 crosses over the Cumberland River on the Shelby Bottoms Greenway and consists of three continuous spans of 150, 475, and 120 feet of a 12-foot deep (constant depth), trapezoidal box girder composite with a 6-inch concrete deck. The box girder is fabricated from weathering steel to achieve a simple rustic look that is consistent with the surrounding environment and other structures on the connecting trails. Portals, steel towers and suspension cables were detailed to enhance the visual impact of the bridge and to provide the pedestrians and bicyclists with a sense of security and comfort as they crossed.
Catching this bridge at this time of day with the sun setting beyond Downtown Nashville is a treat...
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5000 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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Driving across the George A "Tony" Ellis Memorial Bridge across the Tennessee River toward Gilbertsville, Kentucky, I was able to stop in the emergency lane, use my wide angle lens, and capture this image of the Paducah and Louisville Railway-New Kentucky Dam Bridge at sunset. The bridge is a Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals built 2009 as a replacement for the railroad tracks across Kentucky Dam. It does my structural engineering heart and mind so much good to see something other than a standard (and boring) bridge design that is typically used for cost reasons.
In the background is the Luther Draffen Bridge, a pair of steel through arches on I-24.
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Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 1600
Aperture – f/7.1
Exposure – 1/4 second
Focal Length – 10mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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The Chief John Ross Bridge (aka the Market Street Bridge) in Chattanooga, Tennessee crosses the Tennessee River and is a Metal Three-Hinged Braced Ribbed Through Arch with a movable Double Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and approach spans consisting of Concrete Closed Spandrel Arches. This bridge is a movable monumental bridge, and it is one of the largest bascule bridges ever built. Even when closed, the bridge still offers considerable clearance for boats. It also is unusual because it is a movable braced ribbed through arch bridge. Most movable bridges feature a truss bridge superstructure or a plate girder superstructure. The bridge also enjoys an incredible amount of local significance as it is the only highway bascule bridge in the entire state, in addition to its high level of national significance for its size and unusual design. Finally, the bridge features impressive a number of large deck arch spans that provide an approach to the structure. This great bridge was built in 1917 by Toledo Bridge and Crane Company of Toledo, Ohio after design was completed by Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois and John Edwin Greiner (J.E. Greiner Company of Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois). The bridge is named after Cherokee Chief John Ross, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1866, who served longer in that position than any other person. Given the uniqueness and history of this bridge described above, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 2010.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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"A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature."
- Henry David Thoreau (American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher)
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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In 2013, I was able to capture this photograph of the newest version of the Veteran's Memorial Bridge across the Cumberland River on Highway 109 connecting Wilson and Sumner Counties in Middle Tennessee. It was taken during the construction at a point where all the piers or supports were in place and the structure for the decking was being installed. Also seen in this photo is the old bridge on the right that was also referred to as the Cumberland River Bridge or the Martha Gallatin Bridge. Today, the bridge in the center is the focal point of crossing the Cumberland here on 109 and the bridge of the right no longer exists.
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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The Waco Suspension Bridge was the first bridge across the Brazos River and the longest single span suspension bridge in the world when it was built. It was chartered by Waco stockholders on November 1, 1866. Colonel John T. Flint, President of the Waco Bridge Company, went to New York and contacted the John A. Roebling Company (designers of the Roebling Suspension Bridge completed in 1866 across the Ohio River bewteen Covington, KY and Cincinnati, OH and the Brooklyn Bridge completed in 1883 across the East River the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn). Engineer Thomas M. Griffith was sent to Waco to design the bridge. It is an early suspension bridge with two double cable towers of pink brick (now stuccoed) with superimposed arches connecting the two piers of each tower and crossing the road bed. Toll houses and walls terminate both ends of the bridge. It has a 475 foot span with the cable and related pieces tooled at eastern foundaries and shipped to Galveston. They were then shipped part of the way by rail and the rest of the way by ox teams. Thousands and thousands of local brick were used. The toll houses had stepped gable roofs, parapets, and round arched openings that are now closed up.
The bridge was opened January 7, 1870 and functioned for twenty years as a toll bridge with a 24 hour toll keeper. On September 1, 1889, it was purchased by McLennan County for $75,000 and conveyed to the city for one dollar.
From the beginning, the Waco Suspension Bridge also played a significant role in the history of Waco and the Chisholm Trail, a major cattle trail in the late 19th century used to drive cattle from Texas to Kansas for shipment to eastern markets. The trail was named after Jesse Chisholm, a trader of Scotch-Cherokee descent who pioneered the route in 1867. Upon completion of the bridge, it quickly became a vital transportation link for the cattle drives and other travelers passing through the area. The bridge is still standing today (as a pedestrian and bicycle bridge) and is a popular attraction for visitors to Waco.
The Waco Suspension Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on June 22, 1970. Most of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
catalog.archives.gov/id/40972989
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This is a Baltimore through truss, double deck swing bridge over Missouri River on BNSF Railway in Kansas City, Missouri known as the Hannibal Bridge (or Second Hannibal Bridge). The upper deck was for highway traffic and the lower deck for railroad traffic. It was built in 1917 to replace First Hannibal Bridge and is currently open to railroad traffic. However, the auto deck was abandoned 1956 and remains closed today. It was designed by Charles Hopkins Cartlidge of New York and constructed by Union Bridge & Construction Company of Kansas City. The center section (seen in the photo above) rotates to allow river traffic to pass without damage to the ship or the bridge. This bridge is included on the Historic Bridges website and received a ranking of 8 out of 10 Nationally & Locally.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois in St. Louis opened on Feb. 9, 2014. Informally known as the "Stan Span", it has a total length of 2,803 feet with the main span being 1,500 feet in length. Designed by the HNTB Corporation, it also features a width of 102 feet and is 75 feet above the water below. Cables stretch from the bridge deck to the tops of two A-shaped towers, which reach 435 feet above I-70. The new bridge's main span is supported by 1,000 miles of 0.6-inch-diameter stay-cable strand, enough for nearly two round trips from St. Louis to Chicago. Nearly 15,000 tons of structural steel are used, along with 8,600 tons of reinforcing steel. Some 90,600 cubic yards of concrete are in the foundation, deck slab, and towers. And, at its completion, the bridge was the third-longest cable-stayed bridge in the United States.
On January 22, 2013, Sen. Eric Schmitt (Missouri) introduced a bill to name the bridge after Stan Musial, the former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player, Hall of Famer, and U.S. Navy Veteran, who had recently passed away just three days earlier. The measure required the approval of both houses of both the Illinois and Missouri legislatures. The measure received the first of two necessary approvals from the Missouri Senate on February 20, 2013. An amendment to the Musial bill, sponsored by Sen. Gary Romine (Missouri), named the Missouri approach to the bridge the Andy Gammon Memorial Highway in honor of the bridge worker who died during the construction of the bridge when a lift mounted on a barge fell into the river. The two state legislatures agreed and the bridge was officially named the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge on July 12, 2013.
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This is a photograph of the pinned connection on the eastern end of the Pratt pony truss bridge over the Barren Fork River in McMinnville, Tennessee. This bridge was originally built by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad, then later used by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and finally use is by CSX. There are three common types of connections which join a built structure (the bridge) to its foundation; roller, pinned and fixed. A pinned support (as seen here) can resist both vertical & horizontal forces but not a moment (or rotation). This is the point where the steel structure of the bridge itself 'connects' to the concrete (or stone in this case) support structure/foundation such as piers, pilings, etc. Each connection is designed so that it can transfer, or support, a specific type of load or loading condition. In this case, this connection was designed & constructed to support not only the bridge but the trains that would be crossing the river below.
This photo was taken in 2013 during my previous Project 365…please visit my album for this “REMASTERED” Project 365 as I revisit each day of 2013 for additional photos to share!!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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