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The Bastei Bridge Aerial image of the Bastei rock formation. The Bastei is a rock formation rising 194 metres (636 ft) above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. Reaching a height of 305 metres (1,001 ft) above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over one million years ago.
The Double-arch Sandstone Bridge or more commonly known as the Sands Bridge, is a historic dry stone arch bridge over the Spicket River on Hampshire Road in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built without mortar between the stones, parts of it date back to 1735. It was used to handle traffic between Methuen and Salem, New Hampshire.
The second, a weather-eroded sandstone arch with a dirt road on top, is on the edge of Natural Bridge State Park in Kentucky. The latter arch is called White's Branch Arch (also known as the Narrows) and the road going over it is usually referred to as the Narrows Road.
The Goedehoop natural rock bridge is a provincial heritage site in Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. [1] In 1982 it was described in the Government Gazette as This natural sandstone bridge over the Vaal River is approximately 22 metres long, five to eight metres wide and four metres high.
The Great Crossings Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution held a wreath-laying and rededication ceremony at the sandstone bridge near Confluence over the weekend ...
The A1 northbound carriageway is carried over the Ouse by a sandstone bridge built in October 1820. Listing particulars state the bridge to be about 50 metres (164 ft) long and 10 metres (33 ft) wide. There are three broad, low arches built with blocks of Bramley Fall stone from a quarry near Leeds. A rounded towpath archway passes through the ...
Sewanee Natural Bridge. Sewanee Natural Bridge in Franklin County, Tennessee, is a 25 feet (7.6 m) high natural sandstone arch with a span of 50 feet (15 m). It is essentially a giant sinkhole partially eroded to form a large stone bridge. A wet weather spring located behind the bridge in a rock cave probably contributed to the erosion forming ...
The bridge carries the Buerton Approach to Eaton Hall over the Aldford Brook. It was built for the 1st Duke of Westminster, and Alfred Waterhouse was involved in the design. It is a sandstone bridge with a cast iron panelled parapet, and has three Tudor arches, between which are buttresses standing on rusticated cutwaters.