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The bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge, designed by Swan Wooster Engineering Co. Ltd. Construction began in November 1957, and the bridge was officially opened on August 25, 1960.
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Nowhere in Isfahan is this rich aesthetic life of the Persians shown so well as during the promenade at the Khaju bridge.
Down through the axis of the bridge there is a long diminishing vista like a visual echo of piers and arches, while the vaults fronting upstream and down frame the sunset and sunrise, the mountains and river pools.
It is perhaps difficult to conceive, but imagine that tonight on London bridge the Teddy boys of the East End will gather to sing Marlowe, Herrick, Shakespeare, and perhaps some lyrics of their own.
That, at any rate, is what happens at the Khaju bridge.
This two-part bridge is best described by Rev. Timothy Dwight, president of Yale College, in his `` Travels In New-England And New-York '', published in New Haven in 1821.
The whole length of Essex bridge is one thousand and thirty feet and its breadth thirty-four.
It is one of the very few, if not the only surviving bridge of its type to serve a main artery of the U.S. highway system, thus it is far more than a relic of the horse and buggy days.
This covered, wooden bridge is so closely identified with the first action in the early morning of June 3, 1861, and with subsequent troop movements of both armies in the Philippi area that it has become a part and parcel of the war story.
Again Reverend Corder saved the bridge when Union soldiers planned to destroy it, after filling its two lanes with hay and straw -- but for what reason is not recorded nor remembered, certainly not because of pressure from an opposing Confederate force.
`` Mom '' Marr, as the more than 80 men at the center call her, is the link that helps to bridge the gulf between alcoholics and the outside world and between parolees and society.
After three nights, the soul of the wicked is taken by the demon Vizaresa ( Vīzarəša ), to Chinvat bridge, and is made to go to darkness ( hell ).
After three days, the soul crosses Chinvat bridge which is the Final Judgment of the soul.
In anthroposophy, artistic expression is also treated as a potentially valuable bridge between spiritual and material reality.
The area north of the bridge is Akihabara Electric Town.
The station is located slightly east of the Mansei bridge (), on the Akihabara side of the Kanda River.
Admiralty Arch is linked to the Old Admiralty Building by a bridge and is part of the ceremonial route from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace.
They are only permitted to meet once a year, when the Milky Way is crossed by a bridge of magpies.
The Si-o-se Pol bridge over Zayandeh River is an example of Safavid dynasty ( 1502 – 1722 ) bridge design.
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle.
Designs of bridges vary depending on the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed, the material used to make it and the funds available to build it.
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The wooden bridge, dating from the Middle Ages, across the Aar was destroyed by floods three times in thirty years, and was replaced with a steel suspension bridge in 1851.
Truss bridge # Through_truss | Through truss bridge with steel girders and wooden carriageway
The vertical force on the bridge becomes a shear and flexural load on the beam which is transferred down its length to the substructures on either side They are typically made of steel, concrete or wood.
Modern bridge are currently built in concrete, steel, fiber reinforced polymers ( FRP ), stainless steel or combinations of those materials.
Highway bridge with steel hollow box sections, performed for lifetime extension by welding aftertreatment
The crowded 6: 09 a. m. Sydney-bound commuter train from Mount Victoria, in the Blue Mountains, was approaching Granville railway station when it left the rails at approximately 8: 10 a. m. and hit a row of supports of the overhead Bold Street bridge, constructed from steel and concrete.
Instead, Pei ordered a hole cut through a nearby mountain, connected to a major road via a bridge suspended from ninety-six steel cables and supported by a post set into the mountain.
The Krupp bridge consisted of a series of 32m-long connecting platforms, each supported on the seabed by four steel columns.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district ( CBD ) and the North Shore.
With increased railroad traffic, in 1886, Leffert Buck replaced Roebling's wood and stone bridge with the predominantly steel bridge that still carries trains over the Niagara River today.
The first steel archway bridge near the falls was completed in 1897.
Two attempts to capture the arched steel bridge and its southern approach failed.
* Henry Hudson Bridge, a steel arch toll bridge in New York City, USA
The first wooden bridge over the Khwae Yai was finished in February 1943, followed by a concrete and steel bridge in June 1943.
Also used for handling heavy items like reels of paper, steel or machinery are electric overhead cranes, sometimes called bridge cranes because they span large factory bays.
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City.
His father, had worked as an electrician and bridge building steel worker in Detroit.
The next bridge, the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge, was a steel open bridge which carried the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad and a two-lane roadway for cars.
Nowadays, with modern construction materials such as steel and concrete, it is not necessary to cover them, so most modern bridge covering are added as a design element, or to protect pedestrians or traffic, as in the case of the concrete covered bridge through which the Bloor-Danforth subway in Toronto, crosses a ravine.
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Continuous under-deck truss bridge: Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge.
Abetxuko Bridge Unique truss bridge concept in Vitoria, Spain
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss.
A truss bridge is economical to construct owing to its efficient use of materials.
file: Guilford vermont bridge covered bridge interior. jpg | Plank-lattice truss interior structure of Green River Bridge in Guilford, Vermont
Image: Jackson's Sawmill Covered Bridge Inside 3264px. jpg | View of the inside of the bridge showing the Burr arch truss
Image: Forry's Mill Covered Bridge Inside 3000px. jpg | Inside of the bridge showing the Burr arch truss design
Image: Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge Inside 3000px. jpg | The inside of the bridge showing the Burr arch truss
Image: Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge Center 3008px. jpg | The center of the bridge highlighting the Burr arch truss
Image: Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge Inside 1865px. jpg | The inside of the bridge showing the Burr arch truss
The bridge has a single span, wooden, double pyramidal-shaped Burr-type trusses and multiple king post truss design with the addition of steel hanger rods.
McMellen, who built many of Lancaster's covered bridges using the Burr arch truss, chose to build this short bridge using a simpler design with multiple kingpost trusses and, instead of Burr arches, pyramidal-shaped trusses to add additional support.
Image: Landis Mill Covered Bridge Inside 3008px. jpg | Inside of the bridge showing the Multiple kingpost truss and the Burr-type pyramidal-shaped support truss design
Image: Schenck's Mill Covered Bridge Inside 3008px. jpg | The inside of the bridge showing the Burr arch truss
Image: Leaman's Place Covered Bridge Inside 3008px. jpg | The inside of the bridge showing the Burr arch truss
Image: Pine Grove Covered Bridge Inside 2000px. jpg | Inside of the bridge showing the double span Burr arch truss
Image: Pinetown Bushong's Mill Covered Bridge Inside HDR 2620px. jpg | The inside of the bridge showing the Burr arch truss
Image: White Rock Forge Covered Bridge Inside 2048px. jpg | The inside of the bridge showing the Burr arch truss design
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