Bridges, Bridges, Bridges! On Stamps

interesting example of an error exists on a postage stamp of Gabon. Famous painting by Italian artist Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) signed as work Ippolito Caffi.

The Marco Polo Bridge, or Lugou Bridge, is a stone bridge spanning the Yongding River in the Fengtai District, China, about 15 km southwest of Beijing. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Marco Polo Bridge, printed by lithography, and issued by China (People's Republic) on July 7, 1952 as one of a set of four stamps commemorating the 15th anniversary of the war against Japan, Scott No. 155, plus a photo of the bridge as it appears now.

- nethryk

Airplane over bridge, airmail stamp designed by Italian artist Giuseppe Rondini (1885-1955), printed by photogravure, and issued for use in the Italian colony of Eritrea on September 15, 1936, Scott No. C11. Note the decorative fasces, symbolic of Fascist Italy, at the near end of the barrier wall.

- nethryk

The bridges of Hoshu-Shikoku Connections, Japan - Seto-Chuo Expressway


.......................................................................................Kita Bisan-Seto, Minami Bisan-Seto.....................................Shimotsui-Seto

The Seto-Chuo Expressway is for both a highway and a railway. The total lengths of highway and railway are about 39 kilometers.
The rute was opened to traffic in April 1988. The route has 42 bridges among them six long-span bridges:

name: Shimotsui-Seto......... name: Kita Bisan-Seto......... name: Minami Bisan- Seto
type: suspension bridge.......type: suspension bridge.......type: suspension bridge
total lenght: 1400 m...............total lenght: 1538 m...............total lenght: 1648 m
center span: 940 m...............center span: 990 m................center span: 1100 m

and:
- Hitsuishijima Bridge(cable stayed bridge, total length: 790 m, center span: 420 m),
- Iwakurojima Bridge (cable stayed bridge, total length: 790 m, center span: 420 m),
- Yoshima Bridge (truss bridge, total length: 850 m, maximum span: 245 m)

The Garabit Viaduct is a railway arch bridge spanning the River Truyère near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, in the mountainous Massif Central region. The bridge was constructed between 1882 and 1884 by Gustave Eiffel, with structural engineering by Maurice Koechlin, and was opened in 1885. It is 565 m (1,854 ft) in length and has a principal arch of 165 m (541 ft) span. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Garabit Viaduct, designed and engraved by Pierre Munier, and issued by France on July 5, 1952, Scott No. 683, Y&T No. 928, plus a photo of this bridge taken from a similar viewpoint.

- nethryk

Salzach bridge, joint issue Germany - Austria


....................................................................................................stamps and special postmarks


location: Oberndorf (Austria) and Laufen (Germany)
name: Länderbrücke� (international bridge)
function/usage: footbridge
built: 1902-3
material: steel
main span: 185 m
pylon height: 13,65 m

A solid construction of steel and stone was built at a flood-proof location after the wooden bridge had been destroyed several times by heavy floods in the 1890s.

Wonderful thread!
Have you also seen the great blog about bridges on maximum cards, from Chih-ping Chu (Taiwan)?

Here are two stamps, Germany, Scott 2503, and Switzerland, Scott 1319, depicting the Old Rhine Covered Bridge. The stamps were issued in 2008.

This souvenir sheet, Scott 1442, issued by Bhutan in 2009 depicts the Punakha Covered Bridge.

Here is a block of stamps, issued by Liechtenstein in 1937, Scott 140, that shows the Valduz Covered Bridge. It spans the Rhein River and was built in 1898. It is 480 feet long and is a Howe truss bridge. Info from the World Guide To Covered Bridges.

Vietnam issued these stamps in 2012. They were issued as perf and imperf, the tile roof bridges are the Thanh Toan, Kim Son,and the Hai Hau bridges.