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Admiral Clarey Bridge, also known as the Ford Island Bridge, is a 4,672 ft (1,424 m) road bridge that connects Ford Island in Pearl Harbor to the mainland of Oahu, the third-largest island of Hawaii. A 930 ft (280 m) section of it is supported by pontoons , and can be moved to allow vessels to pass through.
During the Middle Ages, pontoons were used alongside regular boats to span rivers during campaigns, or to link communities which lacked resources to build permanent bridges. [23] The Hun army of Attila built a bridge across the Nišava during the siege of Naissus in 442 to bring heavy siege towers within range of the city. [ 24 ]
In 1935, the Michigan Legislature passed a law (Public Act 147 of 1935 [9]) creating a State Bridge Commission to finance the design and erection of the main bridge structure of the Blue Water Bridge. In 1937, after plans proposed in 1927 to build a bridge spanning the St. Clair River languished during the Great Depression, the Michigan Highway ...
The Morandi bridge in Italy’s port city of Genoa collapsed in August 2018 after heavy rainfall, killing 43 people.. When one of its main pylons fell mid-morning, it brought a section of road ...
Penguin Island is a 12.5-hectare (31-acre) island off the coast near Perth, approximately 660 metres (722 yd) from Shoalwater. It was found to be home to a colony of 120 little penguins in 2024. [1] Since 2007, the island has experienced a 92 percent decline in penguin numbers, from a peak of 1,600 that year. [2]
It was used until January 1929, when a toll-free bridge of concrete and steel replaced it at a cost of $600,000. Once considered the longest pontoon bridge in the world at 2,150 feet, its original construction cost $35,000. The original reason for the bridge was the hauling of cotton bales considered vital to the railroad that owned it.
The twin-engine boat hit the bridge “at a high rate of speed” around 2 .m. Monday, said Kristen Livengood, a Monroe County Fire Rescue spokeswoman. Body-cam footage shows rescue of child ...
The bridge is named after Georgia-born poet Sidney Lanier and carries part of U.S. Route 17 in Georgia. It was also the name of an earlier bridge which was next to the current site. The initial plans for a bridge at the location came from Georgia Governor Melvin E. Thompson, who thought it would help the tourism industry on nearby Jekyll Island ...