Bridges, Bridges, Bridges! On Stamps

Spain
Architecture
April 26, 2007
The Vizcaya Bridge is a 160 m-long transporter bridge that crosses the mouth of the Nervion River. It links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas (part of Getxo) in the Biscay province. Built in 1893, it is the oldest transporter bridge in the world. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006.

Great Britain
Millennium Project 6 - People and Places
June 6, 2000
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The bridge rotates 40 degrees from close to open.

Bridge of Vizier in Albania is one of the most difficult finds in my collection ... and not the stamp, and the bridge! The stamp of 1922 with the image of the bridge was produced to 1925 with various overprints,
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Catalogs talked about it, that is showed a bridge of Vizier over the Drina. Only firmly immersed in the geography of the country, I found that the river Drina in Albania did not even think to flow, but there are rivers Drino and White and Black Drin. But the study of all the channels of all DRIN by a Google EARTH not led to the discovery of the bridge! Only the fifth attempt to include all language and visual resources of the Internet revealed that the bridge Vizier was in the town of Kukes in the river White Drin. Perfect example of Turkish medieval bridge building collapsed and disappeared by water reservoir Fierza, was built in 1976, along with the city itself. The current city rebuilt and is often called New Kukes ...
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and only on the arms of Kukes has proudly flaunts ancient bridge
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Coastal bridge, printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.), and issued by El Salvador on June 1, 1954, Scott No. 652.

- nethryk

Sydney Harbour Bridge. Opened March 19, 1932

Turkey
Historic Bridges - On Gozlu Bridge
April 10, 2105
On Gozlu Bridge (Dicle Bridge) is a historic bridge over the river Tigris in southeastern Turkey. The stone bridge, completed in 1065, has ten arches with a total length of 178 m.

Iran
Javadieh Bridge
July 5, 2011
Javadieh Bridge is a steel arch bridge in central Tehran. The 126 m long road bridge was completed in November 2010.

Turkey
Historical Bridges
April 10, 2014
Kesik Bridge, built in 1292, is located between Sivas and Kayseri in central Turkey. The 326 meter-long stone bridge is composed of 19 arch sections. Renovation of the bridge, including reconnecting the two arches to the main structure, took place in 2014.

Switzerland
Tourism - Swiss Countryside
September 1, 2016
The minisheet features Verzasca Valley and the sparkling river to which it owes its name ("green water"). The Roman bridge (Ponte dei Salti) at Lavertezzo crosses the river; It is a stone bridge with two arches of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1960.

Luxembourg
The 50th Anniversary of Red Bridge
September 13, 2016
The Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge is a road bridge across Alzette in Luxembourg City. The bridge is also known as the Red Bridge due to its distinctive red paintwork.

Liechtenstein
Alte Rheinbrücke
June 3, 2013
Alte Rheinbrücke (The Old Rhine Bridge) is a covered wooden bridge that connects Vaduz with Sevelen. The 135 m long bicycle and pedestrian bridge was completed in 1901.

Brazil
MERCOSUL - National Architecture
April 21, 2007
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge, also called President JK Bridge or JK Bridge, is a steel and concrete bridge crossing Lake Paranoá in Brasília. It links the eastern shore of the lake to the center of the city, through the Monumental Axis. Inaugurated in December 2002, the bridge almost immediately became a symbol of Brasília, with its distinctive profile.

Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting the medieval stone Bridge of Saint Anthony, which spans the Valira Nord River in La Massana, and issued by Andorra (Spanish Administration) on July 20, 1963, Scott No. 50, plus a photo.

- nethryk

Mexico
Centenary of Mexico Railroad
February 2, 1973
The 131 meter-high Metlac Railway Bridge on the Mexico City-Veracruz line is a prestressed concrete beam bridge with two rail lines.
The stamp shows a painting by José Maria Velasco (1840 - 1912) depicting the original bridge built in 1872.

Iran
Bridges
May 22, 2011
The Veresk bridge is a masonry arch bridge in northern Iran. It connects the railway between Tehran and the Caspian Sea region. The bridge stands at 110 m tall and its arch measures 66 m long.