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The new ship was laid down in July 1960, and was launched as Funchal (after the capital of Madeira) on February 10, 1961. She was delivered to Insulana de Navegação in October, and began her maiden voyage from Lisbon to Madeira via Ponta Delgada, Azores on November 4. [2]
The others are, in order from longest to shortest, the Manchac Swamp bridge on I-55, the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge on I-10, the Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge, the Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge on I-10, the Chacahoula Swamp Bridge on U.S. 90, the Lake Pontchartrain Twin Spans on I-10, and the LaBranche Wetlands Bridge on I-310.
What later became known as the Crescent City Connection is the second bridge to span the Mississippi south of Baton Rouge, the first being the Huey P. Long Bridge, a few miles upriver from the city, and is the first bridge across the river in Orleans Parish, coterminous with the city of New Orleans. The Mississippi River Bridge Authority, known ...
A bridge in southern China cut in half. Parts of a bridge cutting through the hull of a massive ship in Argentina. Three ships have hit bridges in different countries – in just three months.
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1961 Ship State Description Arcadia United Kingdom: The ocean liner ran aground off Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Refloated after two hours. [4] Harry R. Jones United States: The cargo ship ran aground off Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland whilst under tow to Troon for scrapping. [5]
This photo taken in 1974 and republished in 1982 in The Island Packet shows a pontoon bridge put in place by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after a swinging bridge linking Hilton Head to ...
Saturday marked 60 years to the day since Ruby Bridges walked into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans as a mob of bigots hurled insults, eggs and tomatoes at an exceptionally brave ...
The 5.5-mile-long (8.9 km) I-10 Twin Span Bridge heading northeast between New Orleans and Slidell was destroyed. The shorter Fort Pike Bridge crossing the outlet to Lake Borgne remained intact. Much of the northern sector of the suburban areas of Metairie and Kenner was flooded with up to 2 to 3 feet (0.6 to 0.9 m) of water.