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The Hennepin Avenue Bridge, or the Steel Arch Bridge, was a dual-span hinged arch bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Hennepin Avenue from the west bank of Minneapolis to Nicollet Island. It replaced a 1876 suspension bridge, which in turn replaced an 1855 suspension bridge which had been the first span to cross the Mississippi.
Bridge of Death (Pripyat) in Ukraine, a road bridge over a railway line, between the town of Prypiat and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, where there were unsubstantiated claims of deaths from radiation during the Chernobyl disaster. The explosion destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor, killing 30 operators and firemen within three months and ...
In 1884, the company combined with two other small bridge companies to form the Union Bridge Company, with Edmund Hayes, Stewart Maurice and Field as part owners. [1] He and Field supervised an 8-acre manufacturing site (at the foot of Hamburg St. in Buffalo) where 200-300 skilled workers manufactured 15,000 tons of material for bridges that ...
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Sandridge Bridge; Selinsgrove Bridge; Silk Street Bridge; Stancer Road–North Coldwater River Bridge; Steel Bridge; Stone Bridge (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) Swing Bridge (Keeseville, New York) Swing Bridge at New Bridge Landing
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The Whipple Cast and Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge over Norman's Kill in Albany, New York, is a very well preserved example of a Whipple Bowstring Arch Truss. Constructed by S. DeGraff of Syracuse, New York, 1867–69, it is still in daily use, with no posted weight limits. Due to the sleek appearance, many users think it is a modern bridge.
Eight workers doing maintenance on the bridge that night fell into the water — and six of them died. It took 11 weeks for the Port of Baltimore to fully reopen after the bridge collapse, causing ...