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The largest masonry bridge in the United States is the James J. Hill Bridge over the Mississippi River, built in 1883 by railroad magnate James J. Hill, who wanted to impress his fellow citizens by building a structure that would honor him. It is 752.5 meters long and has 23 limestone arches with a full arch span of 23.49 meters.
Gien Bridge (Loiret, France) – Masonry piers, protected downstream here by backwaters. In masonry bridge piers, there is a resistant part and a filling part: [6] The periphery of the shafts over a certain thickness constitutes the resistant part, made of dressed stones in the angles and squared or even rough stones.
The Blackburn Point Bridge is a historic swing bridge located near Osprey, Florida, United States, that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is a one-lane swing bridge located on Blackburn Point Road at the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway .
Cortez Bridge, SR 684 over Sarasota Bay (GIWW), Bradenton Beach; Longboat Pass Bridge, SR 789 over Longboat Pass, Longboat Key; New Pass Bridge, SR 789 over New Pass, Sarasota; Siesta Key Bridge, SR 758 over Roberts Bay (GIWW), Sarasota; Stickney Point Bridge, SR 72 over Little Sarasota Bay (GIWW), Siesta Key
The Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys was considered an engineering marvel when it opened in 1982.
John Ringling Causeway (also known as Ringling Bridge or Gil Waters Bridge [3]) is a causeway that extends past the Sarasota Bay, from Sarasota to St. Armands Key and Lido Key. The 65-foot-tall (20 m) bridge, built in 2003, is a segmental box girder bridge running from Sarasota to Bird Key .
Kruse’s split-screen photo of the Rod and Reel Pier’s destruction shows the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in the distance. German restaurateur and brewer Oli Lemke is the new owner of the Rod & Reel ...
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, officially referred to as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, is a pair of long beam bridges with a central tall cable-stayed bridge. It spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect Pinellas County ( St. Petersburg, Florida ) to Manatee County ( Terra Ceia, Florida ).