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This United States stamp Scott 4071, issued in 2006 is part of a sheet of stamps on the Wonders of America. This is the Cornish-Windsor covered bridge that spans the Connecticut River between Sullivan County, New Hampshire and Windsor County, Vermont. The bridge was built in 1866, is 480 feet long and is a Town truss. World Guide number is 29-10-09 for New Hampshire and 45-14-14 for Vermont.  |
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Slovakia issued this stamp on 9/14/2000, Scott 362, showing the Kluknava covered bridge, which spans the Hornad River. The bridge was renovated in 1981.  , |
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The bridges of Hoshu-Shikoku Connections, Japan - Nishi-Seto Expressway     .....................................................................................Shin-Onomich........................Ikuchi.............................Tatara.................................................................................old and new bridgename: Shin-Onomich.......... name: Ikuchi...........................name: Tataratype: cable stayed bridge....type: cable stayed bridge.......type: cable stayed bridgetotal lenght: 546 m................total lenght: 790 m....................total lenght: 1480 mcenter span: 215 m...............center span: 490 m...................center span: 890 mThe western route, Nishi-Seto Expressway, is 46.6 kilometers long from Onomichi in Honshu to Imabari in Shikoku. This route consists of nine long span bridges and connects seven islands.     ..........................Ohmishima...................Hakata-Ohshima..................................Kurushima Kaikyo....................................................................................1st and 2nd bridge..................3th bridgename: Ohmishima.......... name: Hakata.....................name: 1st Kurushima-Kaikyo....name: 3th Kurushima-Kaikyotype: arch........................type: steel box girder........type: suspension bridge...........type: suspension bridgelenght: 328 m...................total lenght: 325 m..............total lenght: 960 m.....................total lenght: 1570 mcenter span: 297 m...........center span: 145 m.............center span: 600 m...................center span: 1030 m.......................................name: Ohshima................. name: 2nd Kurushima-Kaikyo.......................................type: suspension bridge ....type: suspension bridge.......................................lenght: 840 m......................total lenght: 1515 m.......................................center span: 560 m..............center span: 1020 mand: Innoshima Bridge, suspension bridge, total length: 1270 m, center span: 770 m |
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The Pont de Normandie, opened in 1995, is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine, linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern France. Its total length is 2,143.21 metres (7,032 ft) with 856 metres (2,808 ft) between the two piers. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Pont de Normandie, designed by French artist Jean-Paul Véret-Lemarinier (1944- ), engraved by Pierre Albuisson, and issued by France on January 20, 1995, Scott No. 2451, Y&T No. 2923, plus a photo of the bridge. - nethryk   |
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Bridges of Budapest, Hungary
name: Arpad Bridge .................... name: Margaret Bridge
built: 1950 .................................... built: 1872-1876
type: beam bridge.........................type: arch bridge
total lenght: 981 m..........................total lenght: 637 m
longest span: 457 m
name: Chain bridge .................... name:Elisabeth Bridge
built: 1840-1849 ............................ built: 1961-1964
type: chain suspension bridge......type: supension bridge
total lenght: 375 m..........................total lenght: 379 m
longest span: 202 m.......................longest span: 290 m
name: Liberty Bridge ...................name:Petõfi Bridge
built: 1894-1896 ........................... built: 1933-1937
type: suspension bridge...............type: deck truss bridge
total lenght: 333 m.........................total lenght: 514 m
name: Northern Railway Bridge
built: 1892-1896
type: truss bridge
total lenght: 477 m |
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Polish bridges
  
location: over the Vistula River, Warsaw......... location: over the Vistula River, Warsaw........ location: over the S³udwia River, Maurzyce
name: Siekierkowski Bridge ............................. name: Poniatowski Bridge ............................... name: Maurzyce Bridge
built: 2002 ....................................................... built: 1904-1914 ............................................... built: 1927-1929
type: cable-stayed bridge ............................... type: arch bridge ............................................ type: truss bridge
total lenght: 500 m ........................................... total lenght: 506 m ............................................ total lenght: 27 m
........................................................................ longest span: 80 m
Poniatowski Bridge was destroyed by German troops during the Warsaw Uprising (1944) and restored in 1946.
Maurzyce Bridge is closed for traffic from 1977 and is now on the list of objects of cultural heritage in Poland. |
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Le Pont Vieux is a stone bridge, originally built during the Middle Ages, which crosses the Orb River in the southern French city of Béziers. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Pont Vieux and St. Nazaire Cathedral, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps, and issued by France on September 7, 1968, Scott No. 1220, Y&T No. 1567, plus a photo of the bridge and cathedral taken from a similar angle. - nethryk   |
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Battle of the Milvian Bridge
.......................Giulio Romano (1499-1546): The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (detail)
......................................(A fresco in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican)
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28.10.312 on the Milvian Bridge over the Tiber.
Constantine had a vision of the Christian God promising victory if his soilders put XP the first two letters of Christ's name on their shields.
Constantine won the battle and Maxentius drowned in the Tiber. |
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Bridges of Bangkok, Thailand- 2004
name: Rama IX Bridge......................name: Rama VIII Bridge ..............................name: Phra Phutta Yodfa Bridge
built: 1984-1987..................................built: 1999-2002 ............................................built: 1929-1932
type: cable-stayed bridge................. type: cable-stayed bridge............................type: truss bridge
total lenght: 781 m..............................total lenght: 475 m.........................................total lenght: 678 m
longest span: 450 m...........................longest span: 300 m ......................................longest span: 78 m
.........................................................name: Rama VI Bridge
.........................................................built: 1922-1927
.........................................................type: truss bridge
.........................................................total lenght: 441 m
.........................................................longest span: 120 m
All bridges crossing the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.
They are named by the kings of the Chakri Dynasty.
Rama IX Bridge is the first cable-stayed bridge in Thailand.
Rama VI Bridge is a railway bridge.
The Phra Phutta Yodfa Bridge had a moving mechanism, which is now disused. |
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"Blaues Wunder"
name: Blue Miracle
location: over the Elbe river, Dresden, Germany
built: 1891-1893
material: wrought iron
type: cantilever truss bridge
total lenght: 280 m
longest span: 146 m
The blue in the name comes from the colour of the bridge.
An urban legend claims that the bridge was originally painted green,
but that the weather or the sun turned the bridge blue. |
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The Pont de Cheviré is a steel girder/reinforced concrete motorway bridge spanning the Loire River west of Nantes, France. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the bridge, designed and engraved by Pierre Forget, and issued by France on April 27, 1991 to commemorate the inauguration of the bridge, Scott No. 2250, Y&T No. 2704. - nethryk  |
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