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The 4 ♦ response is the Texas transfer conventional bid, is alertable and requires opener to rebid 4 ♥. [4]This effective pre-emptive sequence by East-West gives North-South no convenient way to discover their eight-card spade fit and a plausible 4 ♠ contract.
Construction on the Rainbow bridge, a cantilever truss bridge, began in 1936.It was contracted under the guidance of the Texas State Highway Department.Due to concerns by the upstream city of Beaumont about the bridge posing a threat to ship navigation, the Rainbow Bridge was built with a 680-foot (210 m) main span.
North-South score the required 10 tricks, and their opponents take the remaining three. The contract is fulfilled, and North enters the pair numbers, the contract, and the score of +420 for the winning side (North is in charge of bookkeeping in duplicate tournaments) on the traveling sheet. North asks East to check the score entered on the ...
TX-82: Maury Maverick Bridge Replaced Warren truss: 1932 2000 CR 207 San Antonio River: Falls City: Karnes: TX-83: North Bosque River Bridge Bypassed Reinforced concrete girder: 1933 2000 SH 6: North Bosque River: Clairette: Erath
This new connection over the river has also helped foster unity across the north and south divide in the City.” according to Trinity River Corridor. The span cost approximately $120 million.
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. [1] It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission "to promote, grow and sustain the game of bridge and serve the bridge-related interests of our Members."
The Fred Hartman Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge [2] in the U.S. state of Texas spanning the Houston Ship Channel. The bridge carries 2.6 miles (4.2 km) of State Highway 146 (SH 146), between the cities of Baytown and La Porte [3] (east of Houston). The bridge is also expected to carry SH 99 (Grand Parkway) when it is completed around Houston. [4]
Donated by the Auction Bridge Club of Chicago in 1929, the trophy was originally awarded by the American Bridge League to the winners of the National Contract Championships Open Contract Team-of-Four (board-a-match scoring), [5] which became the North American Open Teams Championship held by the American Contract Bridge League.