Bridges, Bridges, Bridges! On Stamps

Charles Bridge in Prague

Boy, that Charles bridge in Prague is beautiful. I would love to walk over that and examine all the work and works on it.

Hawksworth Bridge, connecting St. Ignacio and Santa Helena, and Belcan Bridge, Belize, designed and lithographed by John Waddington Ltd., Leeds, and issued for use in British Honduras on September 23, 1971, Scott No. 287, SG No. 320.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Pont de Sant Antoni de la Grella (St. Anthony bridge), a Romanesque stone bridge spanning a narrow river near the village of Sispony, designed and engraved by Jules Piel, and issued by Andorra (French Administration) in 1939, Scott No. 34, SG No. F33a.

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The Tancarville Bridge (Pont de Tancarville) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Seine River and connects Tancarville (Seine-Maritime) and Marais-Vernier (Eure), near Le Havre. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Tancarville Bridge, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by France on August 1, 1959 to celebrate the inauguration of the bridge, Scott No. 926, Y&T No.1215.

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Here is one from Island

Here is an image of Priority Mail stamp, on piece, depicting the New River Gorge Bridge, a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet (924 m) long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, designed by California artist Carl T. Herman, printed by lithogravure by Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., and issued by the USA on April 11, 2011, Scott No. 4511.

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Germany - Switzerland

The wooden bridge in Bad Säckingen connects the German town Bad Säckingen with the municipality of Stein in Switzerland. With their 203,7 metres (with porches 206.5 meters) it is the longest covered wooden bridge in Europe. It is longer than the Lucerne of Chapel bridge, the 202,9 metres (with porches 204.7 M) long. The bridge is part of the list of cultural property of national significance in the canton of Aargau.

A nice selection of Australian bridges that I don't believe have previously been shown on this thread:

Hojo Bridge crosses Hojo Pond on the grounds of Enkaku-ji, temple of the Rinzai Buddhist sect, Okinawa. It is built on four flagstones of Ryukyu limestone. A dolerite (a sparkling green stone) for the balustrades was brought from China. On each side, atop four newels, stand stone-sculpted lion statues, which are considered masterpieces of Okinawan sculpture art. Partially destroyed during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, the bridge was restored in 1967. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Hojo Bridge, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Ryukyu Islands on November 1, 1967 to publicize protection of cultural treasures, Scott No. 164.

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The Széchenyi Chain Bridge (Hungarian: Lánchíd) is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Chain Bridge, designed by József Vertel, printed by photogravure, and issued by Hungary on November 21, 1964, Scott No. 1621.

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Aerial view of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, engraved stamp issued by China (People's Republic) on October 1, 1957 to publicize the opening of the bridge, Scott No. 320, SG No. 1521.

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Cursus posted these stamps back in July but I just got them on a First Day cover that contained a post card with a picture of the bridge and wanted to share.

Canada Scott #2100-2103 issued 4/2005 (and not posted above as far as I could tel) ...

Se-tenant 4's - and the backing paper includes the photographs of the 4 bridges - each stamp has 1/4 of one of the impage so the sheet of 16 has all 4 images. Soooooooooo cool. I over paid for these stamps but really think their great.