Bridges, Bridges, Bridges! On Stamps

One of the most spectacular mountain highways crosses Mexico from the capital to the Gulf Coast at Tuxpan. 12 tunnels and 60 bridges with grand views of the Sierra Madre Mountains. The 'fin back' bridge at Texcapa was opened in 2005, the entire highway in 2015. Several bridges rank among the tallest in the world.

An intersection on the trans-Mexico highway, of which the fin-back bridge is a part. One can see the little toll houses at the intersection. Also the bridge at Xalapa, close to Veracruz, 138 meters high with a span of 145 meters.

Koblenz, located at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle, is known as the city of bridges. The stamp (1992) shows a view across the Deutsche Eck up the Moselle. In the photo are the Balduin bridge dating back to 1429, the Railroad bridge, the Europa bridge and the locks, which can be used as a pedestrian bridge. The large bridges crossing the Rhine are not included. Only months after the stamp was issued, a new statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I was put on the pedestal. The original had been destroyed in 1945. It is 14 meters high and weighs 63 tons. Water levels in 2011.





(Hi Nells, Do you know anything about your Russian bridge? Looks long. K.)

This is railway bridge in the village Sartakovo over river Oka near Nizhny Novgorod
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The Brenner highway is one of the most important routes across the Alps from Austria to Italy. The Europa bridge is the 4th highest (190 meters) in Europe. The highway was opened to traffic in 1971, and gives you countless marvelous views the whole stretch.


(Hi Alexey, Thanks for your info! K.)

It looks like it's fun to build a bridge, even a very small one. Swaziland 1985, Youth Year.

I think I should petition the USPS to have a stamp for the Tacoma Narrows bridge... (look it up)...

;-) ;-)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=M5QNV3So7GM

Even a short footbridge across a glen, this one across Glen Maye on the Isle of Man, can bring people together. A painting done by Julia Ashby Smith for the Europa series "Parks and Gardens". 1999.



(Thanks Nells for the Tacoma catastrophe, I had seen it way back, pretty scary! K.)

Israel 1954
Bridge at Gesher
Memorial Day and 6th anniversary of
proclamation of State of Israel

Hi, Timbres, Your Bridge may be the one at the Kibbutz of Gesher (which itself means bridge). There are remnants of the old Hedjaz/Ottoman Railway dating back to the latter part of the 19th century close to Gesher. At this point the Jordan is the border to Jordan and Israel has put up a tough-looking fence, so the bridge itself is in Jordan and still carries wagons used about 100 years ago. Kind of sad when people build fences and walls instead of mending bridges. I got the photo off a travel site. K.

The Marchfeldcanal was dug to irrigate an agricultural area close to Vienna with waters from the Danube. The canal and its banks have become a biologically valuable habitat for innumerable species; it's worth taking the bicycle route along its entire length of only about 50 kilometers. Stamp for its opening/Flutung in 1992.

If you enjoy sightseeing for bridges, Berlin is worth the trip. The River Havel and its countless tributaries, canals, etc. as well as the diversity in the types of travel make the city a bridge museum. Some survived the war, others are completely new. Stamp of the Landwehrkanal and an old photo of the Adalbertbridge, 1905. (Liste der Brücken in Berlin)

Another bridge over the Landwehrkanal is at the Hallesche Tor. The stamp shows the older scene with horse-drawn tram in 1880, the newer scene in the photo of 1901 shows electric trams and an elevated city railway, a station being in the longish building to the left of the bridge.

in my catalog there is a more interesting picture of the bridge over Marhfeldkanal

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