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The bridge was purchased to cross the ravine for that purpose, and installed on newly constructed stone and mortar abutments in 1900. [citation needed] HAER picture of bridge, ca. 1969. By the middle of the 20th century the turnpike had been rerouted again.
The original crossing was a three-span Howe truss bridge with wooden trestle approaches, constructed as part of the first transcontinental railroad. [2] The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad was subsequently constructed under the bridge between 1875 and 1876. [3] The trestle portions of the bridge were replaced with embankments by this time. [4]
The 20th Avenue NE Bridge (also known as the Ravenna Park Bridge) is a three-hinged, steel, lattice-arched bridge that spans a ravine in Seattle, Washington, United States' Ravenna Park. It was designed by Frank M. Johnson under the direction of city engineer Arthur Dimock. [ 2 ]
The bridge spans a deep ravine. Since the 1950s, local have referred to the bridge as the "Bridge of Death" or the "Dog Suicide Bridge", as it was reported that dogs were leaping from the bridge into the ravine below. Research has found at least 300 dogs have been recorded jumping from the bridge, with at least 50 dogs dying from the fall. [5]
The rail-line went down through the ravine and across the Low Level Bridge, built in 1900. The railway carried passengers and also served ravine industries -- a brickyard, a coal mine and two meat packing plants. Gainer's meat packing plant, a large scale meat packing facility, was once located on the western edge of the ravine at 79 Avenue. [3]
The Fern Hollow Bridge is a bridge in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, that carries Forbes Avenue over a large ravine in Frick Park. The current bridge is the third on the site. The first Fern Hollow Bridge opened in 1901 as a steel deck arch, and was demolished in 1972 while the second bridge was being built. The second ...
The Ravine Bluffs Development Bridge, also known as the Sylvan Road Bridge, was a bridge designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and located at the northeastern entrance of the Development. It crosses over the ravine from which the project gets its name. In the 1980s, the bridge was rebuilt. It is one of only 2 bridges designed by Wright to be built.
Hill Valley is a fictional town in California that serves as the setting of the Back to the Future trilogy and its animated spin-off series.In the trilogy, Hill Valley is seen in four different time periods – 1885, 1955, 1985, and 2015 – as well as in a dystopian alternate 1985. [1]