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Starrucca Viaduct is a stone arch bridge that spans Starrucca Creek near Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Completed in 1848 at a cost of $320,000 (equal to $11,268,923 today), it was at the time the world's largest stone railway viaduct and was thought to be the most expensive railway bridge as well.
With 8-foot (2.4 m) tall, noise damping corten steel walls on both sides, the bridge is designed to appear to crossers as a small hill. [6] [7] The bridge has a 250,000-US-gallon (950,000 L) underground cistern to keep the bridge's plants irrigated via rainwater. [8]
The St. Croix Crossing is an extradosed bridge that spans the St. Croix River, between Oak Park Heights, Minnesota and St. Joseph, Wisconsin.Connecting Minnesota State Highway 36 and Wisconsin State Highway 64, the bridge carries four lanes of traffic (two lanes in each direction), and includes a bike/pedestrian path on the north side.
The project proposes to realign 22nd Street at the Chestnut Street intersection and construct a new bridge downstream. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Construction on the wishbone bridge project is authorized to run from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, with Saturday construction hours operating from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. More details ...
The roadway for the approach structures was supported during construction by an underlane self-launched movable scaffolding system (MSS), [21] and is the first project in California to use a MSS. [22] The MSS was designed to bridge the 235 ft (72 m) span between piers and to support the concrete as it was poured for each span. Once the concrete ...
Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia. Opponents on Tuesday urged the Bainbridge City Council to block plans by a ...
The Heidelberg Bridge Monkey dates back to the 15th century. It was a stone statue sitting in the tower of the Old Bridge , which was located opposite Heidelberg ’s Old Town. The purpose of the tower was to instill fear and respect in anyone arriving in the town, while the monkey represented mockery.