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The Triple Bridge (Slovene: Tromostovje, in older sources also Tromostje [1] [2]) comprises three bridges spanning the Ljubljanica River in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It connects the historical medieval town on the southeastern bank with the central Prešeren Square on the northwestern bank.
The bridge was constructed in 1981 at the instigation of the Midland Area Community Foundation (MACF). [4] The bridge cost $732,000 to build, and took 6,400 hours of labor. [ 5 ] Ten railroad car loads of prefabricated wood, and 337 cubic yards (258 m 3 ) of concrete were used to construct three arches, which weigh 44,000 pounds (20,000 kg) apiece.
Jože Plečnik (pronunciation ⓘ) (23 January 1872 – 7 January 1957) was a Slovenian architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Vienna, Prague and of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, most notably by designing the iconic Triple Bridge and the Slovenian National and University Library building, as well as the embankments along the Ljubljanica River, the Ljubljana ...
The Frederick Douglass–Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge (informally called the Freddie-Sue Bridge [1] and known as the Troup–Howell Bridge until July 13, 2007) is a triple steel arch bridge carrying Interstate 490 (I-490) over the Genesee River and New York State Route 383 (NY 383, named Exchange Boulevard) in downtown Rochester, New York.
Since 1999, the bridge at Milepoint 16.3 is the most upstream bridge required by the Code of Federal Regulations to open on request, [16] though no requests have made since 1994. [17] The Lower Hackensack remains partially in use for commercial maritime traffic, notably for sewage sludge for treatment at a facility on the bay. [ 18 ] (
The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is a through arch bridge that carries South Capitol Street over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. It was completed in 2021 and replaced an older swing bridge that was completed in 1950 as the South Capitol Street Bridge. In 1965, the original bridge was renamed after abolitionist Frederick Douglass. [2]
The statement specified that the project was to include the approaches to the bridge (I-287 and NY 135) and be a 16.5-mile (26.6 km) project, as that was the distance from the interchange of I-287 and I-95 in Rye to the interchange of NY 135 and NY 25 in Syosset. The statement also explained how the highway would become an extended part of I-287.
The project includes the construction of a new bridge over the West Branch Susquehanna River and 11.7 miles (18.8 km) of new roadway, including a short freeway connection to PA 61. [2] The first phase of the project, connecting US 15 in Winfield with PA 147 near Montandon, opened in August 2022. [3]