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  2. List of bridge failures - Wikipedia

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    Bridge twisted and collapsed over State Route 49 while under construction. The expressway and the bridge itself were closed to the public at the time. 1 killed, 9 injured [54] Total collapse Bridge collapsed as workers were screeding a concrete surface on the bridge. The machine had made it to the bridge's midspan before the entire bridge ...

  3. Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse - Wikipedia

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    The Schoharie Creek Bridge (NY 1020940, New York State bridge identification number), began full service beginning in October 1954. In the spring and summer of 1955, the pier plinths began to show vertical cracks ranging from 0.12 to 0.20 in (3 to 5 mm), as a result of high tensile stresses in the concrete plinth.

  4. List of bridges and tunnels in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Oldest surviving bridge in New York City Alexander Hamilton Bridge: 1963: 2,375 724: 8 lanes of I-95 and US 1: Washington Bridge: 1888: 2,375 723.9: 6 lanes of roadway: University Heights Bridge: 1908: 269 82: 2 lanes of roadway: Broadway Bridge: 1962: 558.0 170.08: 4 lanes of Broadway/ US 9 and the train: Also known as Harlem Ship Canal Bridge ...

  5. Chicago flood - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...

  6. Nickel Plate Road - Wikipedia

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    The Seney Syndicate, headed by banker George I. Seney, met at Seney's New York City bank and organized the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company on February 3, 1881. The original proposal for the NYC&StL was a 340-mile (550 km) railroad west from Cleveland, Ohio, to Chicago, Illinois, with a 325-mile (523 km) branch to St. Louis ...

  7. Before and after pictures of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge

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    Before and after pictures of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. Ed Hornick. March 26, 2024 at 10:55 AM. ... Baltimore Key Bridge collapse live updates [Yahoo News] Photos: ...

  8. Photos: Centuries-old bridge in India collapses

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    At least 141 people have died and many are injured after a centuries-old bridge collapsed into a river Sunday evening in the Morbi district of Gujarat.

  9. Railroads connecting New York City and Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The route later became part of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, owned by the New York Central Railroad. [1] In 1914, the New York Central and Hudson River were merged with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to create the New York Central Railroad, which ran the New York-Chicago route as one company. [1]