Bridges, Bridges, Bridges! On Stamps

The Tarr Steps and M4 Viaduct stamps were both designed by prolific GB stamp designer Jeffrey Matthews.
They were printed by Harrison & Sons on Chalk-Surfaced paper.

Londonbus1

Ah! the bridge at Mostar, used to like to see the brave
fellows diving off the apex.

China
Ho Nam Bridge, Canton.

Netherlands : The one finger Bridge

My daughter was in a choir a few years ago that performed a musical documentary about the Stari Most bridge.
It was very emotional as this bridge symbolised the integration, division and subsequent reunification of the communities on either side and centres around the story of Mirsad Pasic, a famous diver.
I was unfortunate to have witnessed some of the effects of the war firsthand so the hope this performance gave was particularly poignant.

http://www.variouspeople.com.au/pro...s/stari-most

one more

Višegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina


"The Bridge on the Drina" the title of a novel by Ivo Andric, which earned him a Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1961 (novel was written in 1945)


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I was expecting a Mpeg :(
That must have been great to see and hear Anthony.

On a tangent, may I recommend your daughter
to a fantastic choral video
(if she is old enough) rated M I think
It was rated as my best film I saw in 2009
absolutely superb.

"As it is in heaven" from sweden

Iceland 1978
Skeioara River Bridge, longest bridge in Iceland (900 meters)



Iceland 1992
Bridge over Olfusa River (1891), 250 k
Bridge over Fnjoska River (1908), 5 k



Iceland 1993
Bridge over Hvita River (1928), 90 k
Bridge over Jökulsa a Fjöllum River (1947), 150 k

Rod, your bridge didn't go unnoticed...clever.

Well since nobody had posted the sydney bridge yet , I guess ill have to do it.
Postally used I must say !

oops ..sorry nugget hill..didnt see yer post

In all the billiards and snooker I have watched,
never seen the one finger bridge before.


Gord!
You own a stamp I don't have

I spend an inordinate amount of time on the National Film Board of Canada website, and this short film is one of the ones I watched the other night. It's about Kahnawake Mohawk from Quebec who work on high-rises in New York City, and deals a bit with their history of such ironwork, including the Quebec Bridge (the easternmost bridge crossing the St. Lawrence River). The bridge collapsed twice during construction, killing a total of 89 people, including a number of Kahnawake.

http://www.nfb.ca/film/high_steel/

Some horrifying (for me) footage of these men jumping around way up on spindly structures with a thousand pounds of steel swinging around in the air. Yeesh, I'll stay on the ground, thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_bridge

Ryan

Aww shucks Rod..if only you had told me sooner I could have slipped it into the mail I sent you....
Oh wait, that would leave me without one

Hmmmm. A ladder might be a better thought!