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I'd like to share my facsination of bridges.

This is the first railroad bridge to be built over the mississippi river:

 

http://www.picturehistory.com/images/products/1/3/6/prod_13646.jpg'>

 

The bridge was built i April 1856.

 

I will now continue to post some pictures of other nice bridges.

 

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/images/brooklyn2_bridge_1.jpg'>

Brooklyn Bridge

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/images/bridge/basics/goldengate_bridge_1.jpg'>

Golden Gate

 

http://www.europeanphotoalbum.com/nightbridge.jpg'>

Tower bridge.

 

*edit=I'm dumb.

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there does seem to lay a fascination with bridges in me. i traveled all the way to bilbao, spain just to see a bridge. i'm the dork that would build suspensions with toothpicks and forks. def weird.

 

santiago calatrava. a modern architect/ engineer. a few examples of his work:

 

alamillo bridge

http://calatrava.comquat.com/images/bridges/alamillo/Alamillo_Bridge_16.jpg'>

 

bach de roda bridge

http://calatrava.comquat.com/images/bridges/bach/Bach_de_Roda_2.jpg'>

 

campo volantin footbridge

http://calatrava.comquat.com/images/bridges/campo/Campo_Volantin_Footbridge_4.jpg'>

 

milwaukee art museum footbridge

http://calatrava.comquat.com/images/bridges/mam/mam4.jpg'>

 

crazy, huh? MORE <---

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Boston heads will know this one:

 

http://www.bigdig.com/thtml/images/tour37.jpg'>

 

word on the street is that theres a skate park going in under this, and its going to be one of the largest ones in america.

 

http://www.capturedsight.co.uk/london/images_london_bridges/millenium_bridge_01.jpg'>

 

londons millenium foot bridge. i walked over this bridge once a week on my way to the tate modern. i heard they couldnt open it in 2000 because it swayed so much, so they added on the extra suspention you see there to hold it in place.

 

good thread for sure

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The Humber Suspension Bridge, Hull England

 

http://www.bardaglea.org.uk/bridges/bridge-types/images/humber.jpg'>

The Humber Bridge, which was completed in 1981, held the record for the longest span in the world. It's record wasn't broken until 1998 when the Storebelt and the East Bridge, Denmark was completed. The Humber Bridge is truly a work of art, with a main span length of 4,624 ft. The Humber Bridge still holds the record for the longest single span suspension bridge in the world.

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i thought hong kong had the longest suspension bridge? either way, def impressive in person.

 

tsing ma bridge

http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-photographs/pictures-image-pages/hki_ael_airport_tsing_ma_bridge.jpg'>

 

the more modern stuff is amazing, but i think i dig old school alot more just for the fact that back then, i dunno, technology/ equipment wasn't as advanced. and the fact that jesus and mohammed and who knows who else, at one time, crossed it... just eery feeling in a cool way. same goes for all bridges, in a sense. the path less traveled... and by whom. imagine...

 

pole-i-Khaju

http://www.dejkam.com/iran/isfahan/photos/17.jpg'>

 

built ~ 1650. def weird crossing this one^^. so ...old. the coolest part was at the bases, on each side, were little slabs of surface with these weird...i dunno, structures for people to wash their clothes.

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