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Famous bridges, dams and canals from around the world |
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 | The 3rd Carquinez Strait Bridge will replace the original bridge that was built in 1927.
Webcam http://home.comcast.net/~c-bridge/ |  | 08/29/2005 | 271 | 
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 | Nice Highway Construction in Japan |  | 08/28/2005 | 496 |
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 | Gladesville Bridge is an important road bridge carrying traffic over the Parramatta River, west of central Sydney in Australia. It is a few kilometres upstream of the more famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. At the time of its completion in 1965, Gladesville was the longest single span concrete arch ever constructed.
The design of the bridge was both daring and untried, yet in many ways echoed... | | 08/27/2005 | 187 |
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 | The inner city of Leiden (Netherlands) with a completely preserved moat. |  | 08/27/2005 | 403 |
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 | Bridge to the island Krk (Croatia) |  | 08/26/2005 | 379 |
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 | the second longest bridge in the world - the Tsing Ma | | 08/26/2005 | 478 |
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 | This is the new Charles River Cable-Stayed Bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, completed in September 2001. |  | 08/26/2005 | 228 |
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 | This bridge is still open after letting the crusier thru. | | 08/25/2005 | 202 |
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 | A little canal in the south of Sweden. | | 08/25/2005 | 324 |
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 | The biggest dam for potable water in Western Germany.
Length: 400m
Heigth: 53m
Capacity: 81 Mill. qm | | 08/25/2005 | 335 |
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 | The Pont de Normandie is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern France. Its total length is 2143.21 m (856 m between the 2 piers). Construction began in 1988 and lasted 7 years. The bridge opened on January 20, 1995. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) | | 08/25/2005 | 384 |
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 | Maracaibo, Venezuela
General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge
One of the longest bridges in the world (8km), built in 1962 over Lake Maracaibo, connected by a 55km strait to the Gulf of Venezuela. Developed since 1918 by foreign concerns keen to capitalize on the riches of oil production. A-frame pylons support a single cable at each side. | | 08/25/2005 | 264 |
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 | Artificial lake in the Bavarian alps | | 08/25/2005 | 205 |
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 | This is a vertical lift bridge in Hamburg Harbour. | | 08/24/2005 | 267 |
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 | Large rope bridge in Hamburg Harbour. | | 08/24/2005 | 322 |
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 | http://www.water-technology.net/projects/olivenhain/ |  | 08/24/2005 | 215 |
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 | Europe´s largest ship-elevator, built between 1927-34, lift ships 35m up or down during their voyage on the Oder-Havel-canal.
More info and pix (Site is in German):
http://www.schiffshebewerk.de/seiten/geschichte.asp
|  | 08/23/2005 | 294 |
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 | This overlay shows the destroyed dam a view hours after the bombing. The hole caused by the especially manufactured bouncing-bomb can be seen and on the left you can see the flooded area down the river Eder. (The bouncing bomb was a kind of bomb designed by Barnes Wallis of Vickers-Armstrong. It was used in the famous Dambusters raid to attack major dams in Germany during World War II.)
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 | Barge going under the Bridge. Good shadow of structure. | | 08/23/2005 | 158 |
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 | The Mooney Mooney Creek Bridge is one of the most spectacular on any highway in Australia, crossing the creek 75m above water level, spanning 480m from cliff to cliff and taking 3 and a half years to build. It was opened to traffic in October 1983.
[check here for a picture of the bridge: http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1504 -admin] | | 08/22/2005 | 624 |
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 | Bridges of Bangkok 2005, Thailand | | 08/22/2005 | 498 |
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 | Karluv Most, the famous Charles Bridge.
The oldest bridge in Prague, built in the place of Judita's Bridge, badly damaged by a flood in 1342. The Stone or Prague Bridge since 1870 called Charles Bridge, was built by at the behest of Charles IV in the year 1357.
The construction was started by Master Otto and finished by Peter Parler in 1402. Both ends of the bridge are fortified by to... | | 08/21/2005 | 422 |
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 | Along with the Erasmusbrug this is one of the two large bridges crossing the Niuwe Maas River in Rotterdam. |  | 08/21/2005 | 252 |
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 | The Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam is a cable-stayed bridge standing astride the Maas River. It is named for the philosopher Erasmus of Rotterdam and is 139 meters high, spanning 280 meters. The total length of the bridge is 802 meters. | | 08/21/2005 | 272 |
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 | Greater dam and nautical center of Belgium | | 08/20/2005 | 353 |
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