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Thredbo is a village and ski resort in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of Sydney, accessible by the Alpine Way via Cooma, Berridale and Jindabyne. The village is built in the valley of the Thredbo River, also known as the Crackenback River, at the foot of the Ramshead Range.
Pont Gustave-Flaubert – crossing the Seine at Rouen, this lift bridge is the highest vertical-lift bridge in Europe, [citation needed] allowing ships up to 55 m tall to pass under it. It is 670 m long, with a span of 116 metres [3]. A striking design feature, the two road sections are mounted outside the central towers.
The Thredbo River rises below South Rams Head, near Mount Leo within the Kosciuszko National Park.The river flows generally adjacent to the Alpine Way, west and northwest near Dead Horse Gap, then generally north, passing through the village of Thredbo, joined by four tributaries including the Little Thredbo River, before emptying into Lake Jindabyne, impounded by Jindabyne Dam.
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The Mackinac Bridge ranked seventh nationwide, falling within the top 10 of a 100-bridge ranking. The survey of the 100 most scenic bridges in the U.S. comes from Gunther Volkswagen Fort ...
Vertical lift bridges in the United States by state or territory (10 C) Pages in category "Vertical lift bridges in the United States" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
A postcard of the original vertical-lift bridge. In February 1956, the authority announced that the bridge would be named in honor of Sidney Lanier, [12] a Georgia-born poet active in the 19th century. [13] One of Lanier's more well-known poems, "The Marshes of Glynn", was written about the salt marshes of Glynn County, where the bridge was ...
The Historic Caddo Lake Drawbridge, also known as the Mooringsport Bridge, is a vertical-lift bridge that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1914, to replace a ferry, by the Midland Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri, under authority of the Caddo Parish Police Jury. The lift span has been inoperable ...