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The Ponn Humpback Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio.Located near the village of Wilkesville in Vinton County, it bore a name derived from its unusual shape: the bridge was arched in the middle, rather than being flat like a typical covered bridge.
The bridge was designed in the 1920s and built in 1940 by the Southern Railway. The railroad is located near various industrial buildings that at one time hosted tobacco and textile businesses. [8] As early as the 1960s, several low bridges in Durham were an impediment to the area's industry as larger trucks began supplementing rail haulage.
Although the bridge is not as well-known for suicides as many others in Australia, the bridge has had numerous suicides and incidents (intentional or not) that occur on the bridge usually lead in death. [81] The Gap: Sydney New South Wales Australia: A large sea cliff. Roughly 50 suicides a year [9] West Gate Bridge: Melbourne Victoria Australia
Yet the $23.1 million that the state received from the Federal Highway Bridge Fund in 2011 represents only $8,300 per bridge, indicating the lack of funding to help states make a serious effort at ...
Here are some of the highlights of the five-year plan for updated roads.
The Sidu River Bridge in China is one of the world's highest bridges, soaring at a height of about 1,627 feet above the Sidu River Gorge. Completed in 2009, it was once the world's highest bridge ...
Antioch Bridge, San Francisco Bay Area; Benicia–Martinez Bridge, San Francisco Bay Area; Bixby Creek Bridge, State Route 1 in Big Sur; Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Grass Valley; Carquinez Bridge, San Francisco Bay Area; Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge, Santa Barbara County; Confusion Hill Bridges, Mendocino County, crossing the South Fork Eel River
This is a list of Ohio covered bridges. There are over 125 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Ohio. Many are still in use. Ashtabula County has 19 covered bridges, [1]: 33 including a lattice truss bridge. Fairfield County has 18 covered bridges.