Crossing a river

Because the river bends from west to north nearby at Greenhithe, the rail tunnel goes from east to west while the Dartford Crossing tunnels go from north to south.

The second, Taylor's Ferry Crossing was located in Oakdale, the third Islips Ferry was further down river at Langworth, California.

During the Battle of Brandenburg Crossing two men on the Indiana side of the river were killed by cannon fire from Brandenburg.

The original townsite was a rock bottom crossing on the Washita river called Cherokee Crossing.

The idiom " Crossing the Rubicon " means to pass a point of no return, and refers to Julius Caesar's army's crossing of the river in 49 BC, which was considered an act of insurrection.

Crossing the river

Crossing a river, the sword cursed by the Blacksmith and previously thrown in the river, cuts off his legs.

Crossing the river by ferry or the long Shaldon Bridge brings walkers to Teignmouth, beyond which the coast path follows the South Devon Railway sea wall to Hole Head where the Parson and Clerk rocks look out to sea.

A 500 kV-power line, suspended from three of the tallest pylons in the world, the Pylons of Pearl River Crossing, crosses the river near its mouth.

A new Lower Thames Crossing down river from the Dartford Crossing linking to the A2 has been proposed by the Department for Transport in 2009.

His Crossing the frozen river: selected poems appeared in 1988 but is now out of print ; Shearsman has since published both a Collected Poems ( 2004 ) and a new Selected Poems ( 2008 ).

The path is used as an access road to the pylon of the Aust Severn Powerline Crossing which supports cables running over the river.

Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing was the world's first powerline crossing of a large river.

Elbe Crossing 2 is a group of transmission towers providing overhead lines for four 380 kV three-phase alternating current ( AC ) circuits across the German river Elbe.

Crossing the river

The locality where Hay township developed was originally known as Lang ’ s Crossing place ( named after three brothers named Lang who were leaseholders of runs on the southern side of the river ).

Previously, the river had been forded at the Ute Crossing or The Crossing of the Fathers, which is now under Lake Powell.

At Porter's Crossing it turns southwest, broadening into a slow meandering river, flowing past the town of Snow Hill, and then through the Pocomoke River State Forest and past Pocomoke River State Park.

Crossing the river northwards into Co Offaly, the land becomes marshy and wet with extensive peat bogs. These peat bogs are broken by some glacial hills, one such hill is called ' Derryvilla ' Hill. These hills have been used for gravel and sand production.

Crossing the Grand River on Bridge Street, M-100 returns to Clinton Street north of the river.

Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is currently building the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing, which is scheduled for completion in 2012.

Crossing the mandatory line on the wrong side is a one-shot penalty, and the thrower must play from the designated drop zone or within 5 meters of the mandatory object and one meter behind the line if a drop zone is not designated.

The Detroit River International Crossing is a new bridge project expected to be completed in approximately 2013 ; it will directly connect Highway 401 in Canada to Interstate 75 in the U. S.

Malherb is introduced as the younger son of a noble family and he builds the Fox Tor house to be the impressive gentleman's residence suggested by William Crossing rather than the humble cottage which it actually is.

* Roadsworth: Crossing the Line ( 2009 ) is a Canadian documentary about Montréal artist Peter Gibson and his controversial stencil art on public roads.

In the famous painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware, Monroe is depicted holding the flag.

The first bridge to cross the Murray, which was built in 1869, is in the town of Murray Bridge, formerly called Edwards Crossing.

* Mars Direct is the mission mode used in Gregory Benford's novel, The Martian Race, and in Geoffrey A. Landis's novel Mars Crossing, as well as Zubrin's own novel, First Landing.

* 1816 – Crossing of the Andes: A group of royalist scouts is captured during the Action of Juncalito.

To the east of London, the Dartford Crossing of the Thames between Thurrock and Dartford is the lesser grade A282 ; the Crossing, which consists of two tunnels and the QE2 ( Queen Elizabeth II ) bridge, is named Canterbury Way.

He works for a while as a substitute teacher and comes to the town of Ames Crossing, where he meets a girl named Harriet Ames who is no taller than he is.

The Dartmoor Worker is a collection, first assembled in 1966, of newspaper articles originally written for The Western Morning News by the principal authority on Dartmoor and its history, William Crossing, in the early 1900s.

* A viking in the Asterix story Asterix and the Great Crossing ( 1975 ) is named Haraldwilssen, and shares his physical features

Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American gangster film by the Coen brothers and starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito and John Turturro.

He is immediately commanded to kill Bernie at Miller's Crossing to prove his loyalty.

Crossing the International Date Line does not contribute to jet lag, as the guide for calculating jet lag is the number of time zones crossed, and the maximum possible disruption is plus or minus 12 hours.

Transport infrastructure in the area has been further improved with the completion of the Upper Forth Crossing and the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link, and there is an on-going ( 2010 ) upgrade of the A80 Trunk road to Motorway standards.

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze ( May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868 ) was a German American history painter best known for his painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.

* Mars Crossing ( 2000 ) by Geoffrey A. Landis, about a stranded expedition ; which won the Locus Award for best first novel.

He is best known for his TV shows Crossing Over with John Edward and John Edward Cross Country.

Jeremiah " Jerry " O ' Connell ( born February 17, 1974 ) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the TV series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me, Derek in Scream 2, Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack, and Detective Woody Hoyt on the drama Crossing Jordan.

* Kathryn Hahn ( born 1974 ), American actress best known for her role as Lily Lebowski on Crossing Jordan

Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe, OC, SOM ( born April 5, 1951 ) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, best known for his two Western novels, The Englishman's Boy and The Last Crossing, set in the 19th century American and Canadian West.

Transport leaves daily ( weather permitting ) for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, known as the best one day alpine trek in New Zealand.

Among his best known film scores are Miller's Crossing ( 1990 ), And the Band Played On ( 1993 ), Conspiracy Theory ( 1997 ), Hamlet ( 2000 ), The Spanish Prisoner ( 1997 ), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ( 2007 ), In Bruges ( 2008 ), Twilight ( 2008 ) Where The Wild Things Are ( 2009 ), The Blind Side ( 2009 ), and Breaking Dawn Part 1 ( 2011 ).

Crossing the Dodder by a ford, and proceeding along its southern bank towards Rathfarnham, a splendid gateway at left, accounted among the best productions of that species of architecture in Ireland, invites the tourist to explore the once beautiful grounds of Rathfarnham Castle, but they are now all eloquently waste, the undulating hills covered with rank herbage, the rivulet stagnant and sedgy, the walks scarce traceable, the ice-houses open to the prying sun, the fish-pond clogged with weeds, while the mouldering architecture of the castle, and the crumbling, unsightly offices in its immediate vicinity ,… The castle, so long the residence of the Loftus family, and still the property of the Marquis of Ely, subject, however, to a small chief rent to Mr. Conolly, is an extensive fabric ,..... The great hall is entered from a terrace, by a portico of eight Doric columns, which support a dome, painted in fresco with the signs of the Zodiac and other devices.

The Living Road was nominated for best " Culture Crossing " album and " Album of the Year ", but it did not win.

Steve Valentine ( born October 26, 1966 ) is a Scottish actor, musician and magician who has performed on stage and screen, but is best known for his role as the eccentric Nigel Townsend on NBC's crime drama Crossing Jordan.