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The historic Fair Haven village developed beginning in the early 18th century, around a ferry crossing of the Quinnipiac River, now the site of the Grand Avenue bridge. It was a mainly agricultural outpost of New Haven, whose development was further spurred by the construction of the first bridge on that site in 1790.
Ame-no-ukihashi (天浮橋, [1] 天の浮橋; [2] English: Floating Bridge of Heaven) is the bridge that connects the heaven and the earth in Japanese mythology. [3] In the story of the creation of the Japanese archipelago, narrated in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the gods Izanagi and Izanami stood upon this bridge while they gave form to the world. [4]
The New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program is a $2 billion megaproject in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, to reconstruct and widen some 13 miles of highway in the New Haven area, which included 7.2 miles of Interstate 95 along with other related transportation improvements.
The bridge over the river, including approaches over adjacent wetlands, is the seventh-longest in the state at 3,709 feet (1,131 m) and sits 47 feet (14 m) above the river. Seven other bridges along M-231 bring the total to nearly a mile (1.6 km) for the entire highway.
Bridge to Terabithia is a 2007 American fantasy drama film directed by Gábor Csupó (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay by David L. Paterson and Jeff Stockwell. It is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Katherine Paterson and stars Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Bailee Madison, Zooey Deschanel, and Robert Patrick.
The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, commonly referred to as the Q Bridge by locals, is an extradosed bridge that carries Interstate 95 (Connecticut Turnpike) over the mouth of the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, in the U.S. state of Connecticut. [1] This bridge replaced the original 1,300 m (0.8 mi) span which opened on January 2, 1958.
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In 2023-24, NPS rebuilt bridges #23 and #24 within Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve and near Belle Haven Park. They widened the bridges from 10 feet to 14 feet, added new pedestrian safe handrails and rehabilitated a bench and overlook on Bridge 23. [38] The National Park Service has considered expanding the trail.