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The Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge Claude Allen Porter Turner (July 4, 1869 – January 10, 1955) was an American structural engineer who designed a number of buildings and bridges, particularly in the midwestern U.S. states of Iowa , Minnesota , and Wisconsin .
The Aemilius Bridge, now designated Ponte Rotto, is the oldest extant stone bridge in Rome. [5] The bridge was constructed by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in 179 BC E and underwent numerous restorations, the most recent of which was conducted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1575. [ 6 ]
The James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge is a 1,400 foot two-lane highway bridge along the California State Route 120/California State Route 49 concurrency, in Tuolumne County, California. The bridge spans the Tuolumne River just north of Lake Don Pedro , near the community of Chinese Camp .
The Doran Memorial Bridge was originally known as the San Mateo Creek Bridge according to Caltrans plans. [1] [2] [3] It was named the Eugene A. Doran Memorial Bridge in 1969, after the Hillsborough police officer who was killed near the site on August 5, 1959; [4] [5] Doran's widow attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 28, 1969. [6]
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The original Bidwell Bar Bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. The $35,000, 240-foot-long (73 m) original was completed in December 1855, and was built of materials transported from Troy, New York , via Cape Horn .
Construction work has expanded and continued into 2015 as part of the overall $197-million Route 79/Braga Bridge Improvement Project. [6] Construction-related detours and delays were expected through at least the summer of 2016. [7] In October 2016, all lanes of the bridge were open for travel and construction was finished.
During the early part of the 20th century, the Colorado Street Bridge became known locally as "Suicide Bridge" after dozens of people leaped to their deaths. [9] The bridge had a bad reputation before it was even built, as a construction worker fell to his death and landed in the wet cement under the bridge. [citation needed]