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The Zilwaukee Bridge is a high-level, segmental concrete bridge spanning the Saginaw River in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river serves as the boundary between Zilwaukee Township and the city of Zilwaukee at this point, which is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of downtown Saginaw .
In 2002, the Zilwaukee Bridge was closed for a few months for joint repair work, and traffic was diverted onto I-675. [19] The freeway through downtown was pressed back into service as a detour around the Zilwaukee Bridge for six months in 2008 as a mishap involving several steel reinforcement rods during a maintenance project closed that ...
Zilwaukee was founded in 1848 when Daniel and Solomon Johnson, two brothers from New York City, built a saw mill there. [citation needed]Zilwaukee Bridge at sunset. The provenance of the town's name is unknown, but local legends hold that it was a deliberate attempt to attract immigrants who thought they were heading for the larger Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Cape Cod Times Letters to the Editor
Jan. 22, 1935: "The high level bridge failure" Aug. 9, 1950: "Ask $100,000 in death from bridge blast" Aug. 15, 1951: "Second Portage bridge collapses within week"
David Simon, the creator of Baltimore-set drama The Wire, has hit out as conspiracy theories related to the collapse of a bridge in the US city.. On Tuesday (26 March), at approximately 1am, a ...
David A. Taylor (born 1961) is an American author and filmmaker on topics in history and science. Taylor's books include Ginseng, the Divine Root (Algonquin) and Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America (Wiley), which the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ranked among the Best Books of 2009.
Bridge collapsed under the weight of a truck packed with passengers and merchandise. [67] 65 killed South Korea 5 April 2007: Parts of a bridge collapses during construction 5 killed, 7 injured Bridge being built between the two Southern Islands. [68] MacArthur Maze: Oakland, California: United States 29 April 2007