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A clapper bridge is an ancient form of bridge found on the moors of the English West Country (Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor) and in other upland areas of the United Kingdom including Snowdonia and Anglesey, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and in northern Wester Ross and north-west Sutherland in Scotland.
A clapper bridge over the Blackbrook River The Blackbrook River , also known as the Blackabrook River, is a tributary of the West Dart River on Dartmoor in Devon , England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon.It lies on the B3212, roughly midway between Princetown and Moretonhampstead.. Postbridge is on the East Dart river, one of two main tributaries of the River Dart, and consists of a few houses, a shop, a pub and hotel, and a national park tourist information centre.
It flows south and then south-west for around 9 km to reach the village of Postbridge where it is spanned by a well-known clapper bridge. Before reaching Postbridge the river swings to the east, and then to north-east, flowing between clitter (boulder) strewn steep slopes before once again flowing south.
The Cherry Brook is a tributary of the West Dart River on Dartmoor, Devon, England.. It rises about a kilometre north of Lower White Tor in the open moorland and flows in a generally southerly direction past Powder Mills, the site of a 19th-century gunpowder factory, then under a clapper bridge where it turns easterly and passes under the B3212 road at Higher Cherrybrook Bridge.
The U.S. state of Florida, due to being a peninsula and its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, has many bridges of varying lengths. The longest bridge in the state is the Seven Mile Bridge located in the Florida Keys. This list includes overwater automobile bridges 2,640 feet (800 m) or longer.
As it continues north, Goodlette-Frank Road leaves Naples city limits and passes a number of residential communities before intersecting CR 896 (Pine Ridge Road). After passing Pine Ridge Road, Goodlette-Frank Road enters the community of North Naples and intersects CR 862 (Vanderbilt Beach Road) before terminating at CR 846 (Immokalee Road).
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