Prior to the completion of the bridge in 1935, Whidbey Island was linked to Fidalgo Island by the Deception Pass ferry, which ran from 1924 to 1935.

Prior to the bridge opening, commuters would go from one bank to the other either by using the ferry that ran between Hull and New Holland, Lincolnshire or driving via the M62, M18 and M180 motorways, crossing the River Ouse near Goole ( connected to the Humber ) in the process.

Prior to the availability of integrated circuits, a bridge rectifier was constructed from " discrete components ", i. e., separate diodes.

The tenants were required to maintain the bridge at their own expense, except that the Lord Prior would provide the timber.

Prior to the erection of the bridge, the road south of the town center was east of its current location, leading along Ferry Road to a ferry landing, which connected the town to Newburyport.

Prior to the construction of the first Tay Rail Bridge in 1878, a roll-on / roll-off railway ferry linked the Edinburgh to Aberdeen railway line between Tayport and Broughty Ferry, until the construction of the rail bridge made it redundant.

Prior to the 19th century, the district was largely marshland, and accessible only by boat, or a toll bridge.

Prior to the construction of the bridge the only means for cars to cross the lake was facilitated by a ferry, which still operates during the summer months and has become more of a tourist attraction.

Prior to improvements of the late 20th Century, including the Sheep Creek Bridge, it crossed the Fraser via a 1910s style suspension bridge, which was like those farther south at Gang Ranch-Dog Creek and Lillooet.

Prior to the building of the first bridge spanning the Yarra River in 1844, traffic crossed the river by privately operated punts.

Prior to home games at Exposition Park, WUP students would organize parades through downtown streets prior to marching across a bridge to the game.

Prior to joining Cacophony in 1987, Becker worked his way through the Franciscan, a Takamine acoustic, a Fender Musicmaster, and finally, a black Fender Stratocaster with a DiMarzio Steve Morse humbucker in the bridge ( seen in the Black Star video, circa 1986 ).

Prior to this change, numerous ships had struck the bridge over the years, the worst incident being the 1978 one described above, and the bridge's center pier ultimately was deemed an impediment to river navigation.

Prior to this a double deck bus had not used the bridge in 30 years.

Prior to its replacement in 1991, the bridge, originally called St. Johns River Bridge, opened in 1921 and carried three lanes ( center one reversible ) on a lift bridge of similar design to the Main Street Bridge but was known as the Yellow Monster, largely for its tendency to stick in the upward position.

The picture is of a Palladian bridge, located in Prior Park.

Prior to the first bridge there was a ferry which went back at least to the 15th century.

Prior to the album's release, the song Something Special would be chosen to become the closing title music for the 1987 MGM production Overboard starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and the piano bridge from the song " Dixie Flyer " would subsequently often be utilized as break or filler music on public radio and public television.

Prior to the Bridge of Lions in 1925, there was a wooden bridge, called simply, " The Bridge to Anastasia Island " or " South Beach railroad bridge ".

Prior to its construction railway passengers had to make their way through the town, from the stations on either side of the river, until the construction of a temporary wooden bridge, which allowed trains to cross the river from May 1853 until the completion of the viaduct.

Prior to completion of the bridge in 1966, an automobile-carrying passenger ferry service had operated at this location, but the docks had rotted and silt had filled in the areas where the large ferryboats, if their service was to be restored, would need to dock.

Prior to 1861, the State had purchased a total of $ 48, 000, 000 worth of stock in turnpike, toll bridge, canal, and water and rail transportation enterprises.

Prior to the industrial revolution, the area to the east was occupied by the inaccessible and waterlogged marshes of the Humberhead Levels, whilst to the west was the Barnsdale Forest, an area associated with the legend of Robin Hood and various outlaws and bandits who preyed upon travellers on the Great North Road.

Prior to the development of modern roads, this was notoriously difficult for travellers, because of the extensive forest and tracts of low-lying marshy ground.

Prior to 1982, travellers north of Inverness had the choice of the Kessock Ferry or a journey via Beauly.

Prior to the 1975-76 season a group of Maryland businessmen bought the troubled Memphis franchise ( which the ABA league officers had taken over midway through the previous season ) for $ 1 million and relocated it to Baltimore.

Prior to the 1970s, a group of American businessmen, arms traffickers, supporters of free enterprise, a black agent of the information services, and a Member of Parliament of the British House of Lords planned the independence of Abaco, or that would have a UK dependency status similar to that of Anguilla.

Prior to entering politics, Khan was one of the most successful businessmen in Bangladesh.

Prior to the season, Brooklyn businessmen William B. Dwyer and John C. Depler bought the Dayton Triangles, moved it, and renamed it the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Prior to 1954 I imagine that a majority of Southerners would have voted against the Confederacy.

Prior to this, the monastery would be a mere priory, headed by a prior who acts as superior but without the same degree of legal authority that an abbot has.

Prior to the 1906 separation, congregations would typically be named " Disciples of Christ ," " Christian Church ," and " Church of Christ.

Prior to the modern proliferation of environmental regulation, the doctrines of nuisance ( public or private ), trespass, negligence, and strict liability apportioned harm and assigned liability for activities that today would be considered pollution and likely governed by regulatory regimes.

: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:

: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:

: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:

Prior to the late 18th century, diners who wished to " dine out " would visit their local guild member's kitchen and have their meal prepared for them.

Prior to the feast, Hengist enjoined his daughter to serve the guests plenty of wine and ale so that they would get very intoxicated.

Prior to the 2012 season, new Jaguars owner Shahid Khan announced that the team would once again use a black jersey, something they had not done since 2007.

Prior to that his mother tutored him and he had learned, virtually by heart, a book called the Child's Guide to Knowledge, a popular book of the day — even as an adult he would quote from it.

Prior to 2006, service departments would review older service records, service histories, and all available records to determine if a veteran authorized a retroactive Purple Heart.

Prior to arriving at Montreal, Saladin withdrew, realizing that if he met Nur ad-Din at Shaubak, he would be refused return to Egypt because of Nur ad-Din's reluctance to consolidate such massive territorial control to Saladin.

Prior to his graduation at the top of his class, Adorno was already swept up by the revolutionary mood of the time, as is evidenced by his reading of Georg Lukacs's The Theory of the Novel that year, as well as by his fascination with Ernst Bloch's The Spirit of Utopia, of which he would later write:

Prior to 2012, the two losers of the knock-out rounds would race for the Bronze Medal ; this change was instituted to encourage performance from all qualifying teams since all would have a chance to race for a medal depending on their performance.

Prior to vaccination with cowpox, the only known protection against smallpox was inoculation or variolation ( Variola-the Smallpox viruses ) where a small amount of live smallpox virus was administered to the patient ; this carried the serious risk that the patient would be killed or seriously ill.

Prior to Return to Flight, NASA Administrator Sean O ' Keefe declared that all future flights of the shuttle would go to the ISS, precluding the possibility of executing the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission which had been scheduled before the Columbia accident, despite the fact that millions of dollars worth of upgrade equipment for Hubble were ready and waiting in NASA warehouses.

Prior to the onset of ' no-fault ' statutes, a party would have to prove a ground, typically ' desertion ,' ' abandonment ,' ' cruelty ,' or ' adultery.

Prior to the wide availability of steel, rocks of iron pyrite would be used along with the flint, in a similar ( but more time-consuming ) way.

Prior to this time, lobster was considered a mark of poverty or as a food for indentured servants or lower members of society in Maine, Massachusetts and the Canadian Maritimes, and servants specified in employment agreements that they would not eat lobster more than twice per week.

Prior to Marx, economists noted that the problem with using the " quantity of labour " to establish the value of commodities was that the time spent by an unskilled worker would be longer than the time spent on the same commodity by a skilled worker.

Prior to the IEEE standard, programmers often used a special value ( such as − 99999999 ) to represent undefined or missing values, but there was no guarantee that they would be handled consistently or correctly.

Prior to highly mechanized container transfers, crews of 20-22 longshoremen would pack individual cargoes into the hold of a ship.