Bridges, Bridges, Bridges! On Stamps

This part - Chiswick-Langley - of the M4 motorway was begun in 1962; you have to know which exit to take, otherwise you might do a very long detour indeed. Photograph of construction found on the site of British motorways and an aerial view of another intersection. And don't forget to drive on the left!

Since Germany is for the most part a rather hilly country, it has numerous viaducts for the Autobahn. The photograph is of the Kocher bridge (at 185 meters the tallest in Germany) crossing the small river Kocher close to Geislingen. Stamp of the Europa set by Heins Schillinger 1977.

Very nice post

The Lazienkowska Bridge crossing the Vistula in the south of Warsaw is flanked by two spaghetti junctions. The one on the western side is depicted in the stamp of 1974 (the year in which construction was completed) and the junction on the eastern side is in the photograph. (I gave up counting the number of bridges involved.)



(Agmasd, Thanks for calling my attention to the thread again: an upload of mine had gone astray! K.)

just deep look

The J. F. Kennedy tunnel of Antwerpen, Belgium, passes beneath the Scheldt river in the southern part of the city. The intersection on the eastern side (photograph taken at completion in 1969) sorts traffic to and from all parts south. Since the cathedral can be seen on the left, the stamp shows the west entrance.


(Note: Many streets, tunnels, bridges, etc. have been named after JFK, who was inaugurated on the 20th of January 1961.)

All shown earlier bridges are the explicit bridges. I want to show a couple of bridges hidden in stamps.
So, first Russian Olympics in Kiev in 1913. At the Olympic medals behind discobolus figure visible bridge across the Dnieper.
Nicholas Chain Bridge was built in 1853, designed by the English engineer Charles Vignoles ... Very similar to the famous chain Lion bridge in Budapest

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On the stamp of DDR were hidden two bridges. They are clearly visible on Erfurt taller 1633.

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A bridge overcomes the gap between two neighboring nations. Nowadays I can just take my bicycle and cross the Rhine on the elegant new 'Three Nations Bridge' at Weil and the only marking between Germany and France is a plaque in the middle. This bridge is the longest of its kind in the world, almost 250 meters, completed in 2006. "Three Nations Bridge" because Switzerland is only a few yards upriver.



(Hi, Alexey, Welcome back, interesting special chapter you are looking into - and bridges do have a high symbolic value. K.)

The Palmrain Bridge spans the Rhine River and connects Weil in Germany with Huningue in France. It was financed by both countries, is almost 290 meters long and there is no longer any border control. A special cancellation in two languages was made for its inauguration (French) in 1979. The stamp was issued for stamp day in 1977, the year in which construction was begun.

This is what happens to barrier walls. Friends of bridges will recognize the silhouettes surrounding the demolished wall. Nowadays you have to look carefully for markings of where it was, you can't even stumble over them. Commemorative sheet November 1990, design M. Gottschall.

I was able to recognize three silhouettes of bridges. 'Blaue Wonder' in Drezden, Göltzsch Viaduct, Gogenzollern bridge in Cologne
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Hi Alexey, You are obviously a friend of bridges, and I admire your exhibit posted earlier although I can't read your language. The Templiner railroad bridge of Potsdam, close to Berlin, may be another one on the sheet. It was built in the 1950s, to bypass West Berlin during the division of Germany. The river Havel broadens into a lake at this site.

The old stone bridge crossing the Lahn river in Limburg dates back to the 14th century. It is the only bridge of its kind to still have an original bridge tower, seen on the left. A statue of Nepomuk stands halfway across the bridge. The painting by G.C. Stanfield, done in 1862, was chosen for the stamp of 2010.

The Kaiser Wilhelm bridge in Wilhelmshaven solved the problem of tall ships coming up to the harbor simply by getting out of the way! It turns on its supports; its re-opening in 2007 after thorough renovation was celebrated, and the stamp shows by superimposition how it works.