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Korean Bridges - 2006
........name: Jindo Bridge....................................name: Changseon-Samcheonpo Bridge
........location: across the Wooldolmok Straits....location: bridge links Namhae county and Sacheon city
........built: -1984...............................................built: -2003
........type: cable-stayed
........total lenght: 484 m....................................total lenght: 3400 m
........................................................................longest span: 436 m
........name: Olympic Bridge...............................name: Seohae Bridge
........location: over the Han River in Seoul.........location: connects Pyongtaek and Dangjin
........built: 1985-1990......................................built: 1993-2000
........type: cable-stayed...................................type: cable-stayed
........total lenght: 1470 m.................................total lenght: 7310 m
........longest span: 300 m..................................longest span: 470 m
The construction of Olympic Bridge started in 1985, but was not completed until 1990, after the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988, because the bridge under construction had collapsed.
Jindo Bridge has now become a twin bridge, as the second Jindo Bridge was added in 2005.
Changseon-Samcheonpo Bridge is consist four sub-bridges: Samcheonpo Bridge, Choyang Bridge, Neukdo Bridge and Changseon Bridge. Only Samcheonpo Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge. |
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Bridge of Daphne, designed by French artist Joseph de la Nézière, printed by photogravure (Hélio-Vaugirard S. A.), and issued by Syria in 1925, Scott No. 182. - nethryk  |
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This stamp is from a sheet of 12 stamps from China (2014) featuring the Yangtze River Valley, this stamp shows overview of the city of Chongqing lying along the Yangtze, and 3 bridges are visible on the stamp.  |
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This dam appears on the drawing of an unnamed location on a sheet of 10 stamps released by the Japan Post in 2014 to mark the Centenary of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.  |
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Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat Admin) 2012 Nobel prize winners. A bridge is shown in the background on the right side of the stamp.  |
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China 2012 Yan'an Pagoda Hill with a multi-arch bridge in the foreground. This stamp is from a 6-stamp issue entitled Red Footprints - marking historical milestones of the Chinese Red Army, now known as the People's Liberation Army.  |
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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a view of downtown Ghent, Belgium, featuring St. Michael's Bridge, an old stone bridge near St. Michael's Church, which connects the Graslei and Korenlei, two streets which lie along the banks of the old harbor of Ghent. designed by Herman Verbaere, engraved by Constant Spinoy, and issued by Belgium on August 7, 1971, Scott No. 810, plus a photo of the bridge and the church from the "reverse angle." - nethryk   |
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The Bridges of London
- Millenium Bridge, erected 2000 as a footbridge to celebrate the turn of the century.
- Tower Bridge built 1894 a iconic symbol of London is a combined bascule and suspension bridge.
- Westminster Bridge, first bridge was built 1750, the current bridge was opened 1862.
- Blackfriars Bridge a road and foot traffic bridge was built 1869.
- London Bridge an old (medieval) bridge was stone bridge completed 1209.
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British Bridges - I
 
..........Tarr Steps (pre-1600), River Barle,...........................Row Bridge (1700s), Mosedale Beck,
a 15th or 16th century gritstone clapper- bridge.............an arched stone bridge of the mid-18th century
 
..........Pulteney Bridge (1774), River Avon,.....................Craigellachie Bridge (1814), River Spey,
the UK`s finest example of an inhabited bridge................. a 46 metre arched span bridge in cast iron |
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British bridges - II
 
.....Menai Suspension Bridge (1826), Menai Strait,................High Level Bridge (1849), River Tyne,
.....the world`s first great suspension bridge....................a 408-metre road and rail bridge by Robert Stephenson
 
.....Royal Border Bridge (1850), River Tweed,..................Tees Transporter Bridge (1911), River Tees,
.....a railway viaduct of 28 semi-circular-headed arches...a steel bridge with cantilevered trusses and gondola
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British bridges - III
 
......Humber Bridge (1981), River Humber,...............................Peace Bridge (2011), River Foyle,
......once the longest suspension bridge in the world............a 235-metre causeway for pedestrians and cyclists
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Bridges in art - Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Utagawa Hiroshige was one of the last great master of a Japanese ukiyo-e art a woodblock prints.
He is best known for his landscapes and for his depictions of birds and flowers.
On stamp is Okazaki bridge from his series of work the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido.------------------------------------- Hi KlausR, very interesting sheet of modern bridges from Netherland. But for topical colector only "here are some bridges" is not enouhg. We all see that on stamps are bridges and not cats or flowers. Topical colector want to know something more about these bridges: name, type of bridge, .... |
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Bridges in art - Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
...............................................Fukagawa Bridge
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period.
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