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Located between the 3rd Avenue Bridge and the I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge, [4] the Stone Arch Bridge was built in 1883 by railroad tycoon James J. Hill for his Great Northern Railway, and accessed the former passenger station located about a mile to the west, on the west bank of the river. For a time, the bridge was dubbed "Hill's Folly ...
The Chinese arch bridge reached its apogee in Fujian, where it was constructed with extremely thin arches. The Xiao Bridge, constructed in 1470, has a free height of 7.2 meters with an arch thickness of only 20 centimeters, which is half the thickness of a typical arch. [28] It remains in use today, supporting contemporary traffic.
If the spandrel is solid, usually the case in a masonry or stone arch bridge, the bridge is called a closed-spandrel deck arch bridge. If the deck is supported by a number of vertical columns rising from the arch, the bridge is known as an open-spandrel deck arch bridge. The Alexander Hamilton Bridge is an
Boston and Providence Railroad Bridge; Bowne Station Road stone arch bridge over tributary of the Alexauken Creek; Brand Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge; Bridge 182+42, Northern Central Railway; Bridge 634, Northern Central Railway; Bridge at Falling Creek; Bridge between Guilford and Hamilton Townships; Bridge in Albany Township; Bridge in ...
History of the Boonton Stone Arch Bridge "The bridge was constructed as an aqueduct to carry piped water from a pond to the Boonton Ironworks to ensure fire protection," the New Jersey Historic ...
The masonry arch bridges of stone or brick are the most genuine of arch bridges, some lasting a thousand years. Because they are made of worked stone, there is a slight chance they might even stand without mortar, like the Pont du Gard aqueduct. Yet arch bridges using rough hewn stones like Changhong Bridge need mortar to stand.
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Newport Stone Arch Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge located at Newport in Herkimer County, New York. It was constructed in 1853 and spans West Canada Creek. It is 238 feet long and has four arch spans with rises of 16 to 22 feet. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]