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The bridge is an arch bridge with a centre lane, and at 229 metres (751 ft) is the world's longest span pedestrian bridge. Its total length is 248 metres (814 ft) with no vehicle access ramps. The arch rise measures only 20 metres (66 ft), and the highest point is about 25 metres (82 ft) above the water, with the bridge deck about 14 metres (46 ...
The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long (460 m) suspension bridge, crossing Los Angeles Harbor in Los Angeles, California, linking San Pedro with Terminal Island. It is the only suspension bridge in the Greater Los Angeles area. The bridge is part of State Route 47, which is also known as the Seaside
Between 1900 and 1940, the Haslemere Tenants Society built 91 houses in the Fieldway, Bridge Road and Lion Mead area, which were subsequently acquired by the Haslemere UDC. In 1950, the council began to construct a new estate of 88 houses in Shottermill, close to the Sickle Mill, and purchased 100 pre-fabricated houses which had been erected by ...
A bridge, a short distance from the village and built c. 1800, is known as the 'Three Counties Bridge'. [3] The little settlement at Bilboa was originally based around coal and coal mining. [citation needed] Of the original mining village, only the church remains. [2] Bilboá's Church of Ireland church is a detached three-bay Tudor Revival ...
The original Wreck Lead Bridge was a wooden swing bridge which was built in 1880, upon the construction of the present-day Long Beach Branch to Long Beach. [5] By the 1980s, it was in need of replacement, with its deck frequently being stuck & subsequently delaying train and/or boat traffic; the bridge was also vulnerable to flooding due to its low spans, which caused the swing bridge ...
The Three Counties System is a set of inter-connected limestone solutional cave systems spanning the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire and North Yorkshire in the north of England. The possibility of connecting a number of discrete cave systems in the area to create a single super-system that spans the county borders was first proposed by Dave ...
State Road 399 (SR 399) is a state road in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Although it only extends 0.319 miles (0.513 km) from U.S. Route 98 (US 98) to the Bob Sikes Bridge, County Road 399 (CR 399) continues over the bridge, along Santa Rosa Island, and back to US 98 via the Navarre Bridge. Other segments of CR 399 also exist on the mainland.
Hampshire Hogs, Bacon Faces (reference to Hampshire as a pig-raising county in former times) Hartlepool Monkey Hangers, [43] Poolies Haslemere Mere Nutters Hastings Stingers, Stinkers (from Hastings United F. C.) Haslingden Hasbeens (pejorative) Havant Akloos (pejorative, "Haven't a clue") Haverfordwest Long-necks [44] Hawick Teris Haydock ...