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The 'BRIDGE' branding of research commenced before research council funding was sought for a formal programme. BRIDGE was mentioned by name in The Independent newspaper in February 1989. [bnl 3] By this time the community of researchers in this field were referring to themselves as the BRIDGE Consortium. Deep-ocean science cruises were being ...
Seabridge Shipping was a consortium of British shipowners, founded in the late 1960s to harness economies of scale to secure major bulk cargo contracts. [1] Four members of the consortium - Bibby Line, Furness Withy, Hunting & Son and Thornhope Shipping (controlled by Hilmar Reksten, Norway) [2] - ordered the six Bridge-class OBOs for charter to Seabridge.
The bridge has a total length of 440 metres, including a central span of 211 metres. There are four traffic lanes and two sidewalks, giving a total width of 26 metres. There are two towers (Concrete material) that have a height of 56 metres above the deck (Steel structure), which in turn has a maximum height of 55 metres above the Otún River .
Construction of the bridge was scheduled to start in the second half of 2007 and completion was due in late 2012 at an approximate cost of US$410 million. However, on 31 July 2006, the consortium in charge of the project revealed that the total cost of constructing the bridge was US$930 million, which was above the limit of US$607 million imposed by the government.
The Millau Viaduct (French: Viaduc de Millau, IPA: [vja.dyk dÉ™ mi.jo]) is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the gorge valley of the Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie Region, in Southern France.
The move comes ahead of a Jan. 19 deadline by which ByteDance has to sell the platform or face a ban under a law signed by President Joe Biden on April 24. The consortium, which did not disclose ...
The main sea link bridge also has two interchanges connecting it with Carter Road and Juhu Koliwada. The Carter Road connector is 1.80 km in length, has 3 lanes in each direction and houses an 18-lane toll plaza. The Juhu Koliwada connector is 2.80 km in length, has 2 lanes in each direction and houses a 12-lane toll plaza. [2]
D.C. firefighters said a vehicle plunged into the Potomac River after being involved in a crash the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Police are investigating whether wintry weather played a role in the ...