BHC Newsflyer: 31 July, 2021

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Headlines (with links included):

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Fire Destroys Covered Bridge in Aroostook County, Maine

Article: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2021/07/21/covered-bridge-in-maine-destroyed-by-arson/

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Petersen (Eden) Bridge. Photo taken by John Weeks III

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Historic Eden Bridge in Minnesota has a new home

Link: https://www.nujournal.com/opinion/2021/07/29/one-countys-junk/

Bridge Info: http://bridgehunter.com/mn/brown/2110/

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Bishop Bridge. Photo taken by Jodi Christman

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Bishop Bridge in Pennsylvania Closes- Future as a Pedestrian Bridge Open

Article: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/07/bridge-connecting-central-pa-counties-permanently-closes-after-123-years.html

Bridge Info: http://bridgehunter.com/pa/cumberland/217104061238090/

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Boris Johnson Halts Bridge Removal/In-Fill Project

Articles: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9841159/Bridge-block-victory-Boris-Johnson-intervenes-stop-dozens-Victorian-bridges-filled-in.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

And: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9755183/Government-agency-burying-historic-bridges-concrete-right-country.html

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Rockslide Destroys Bridge in India, Kills 9

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87qpcKFx2_I

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/climate/india-rockslide-deadly-footage-v2f6720b2

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World’s First 3D Concrete Bridge in Venice

Link: https://newatlas.com/3d-printing/worlds-first-3d-printed-concrete-bridge-eth-zaha-hadid/

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Also:

1. Headlines on other bridge news stories and
2. The BHC will have its last podcast before summer vacation next week. After a four-week hiatus from its podcast, the next podcast will be in September.
3. From August 1 until mid-September, all bridge articles will be found only here in the Chronicles website and not on its facebook pages
4. The Memorial Bridgehunting Tour honoring the late James Baughn will be featured on the Chronicles facebook and instagram pages from now through the end of September. To participate in this tour and showcase your photos on the social media pages, click here for details and listen in the podcast for more details: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/memorial-bridge-photo-tour-for-james-baughn/comment-page-1/#comment-18409

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The Walterdale Bridge — Snowbird of Paradise

Google Maps thinks this bridge is called the Walter Dale Bridge, but they are wrong. It is named after the nearby neighbourhood called Walterdale and it, in turn, is named after John Walter who was among the early settlers here. He operated a ferry across the North Saskatchewan River at this location. The original bridge, […]

The Walterdale Bridge — Snowbird of Paradise

The Interesting High Level Bridge — Snowbird of Paradise

Edmonton’s High Level Bridge takes traffic southbound on 109 Street. It is an unusual bridge because cars and small trucks use the lower level, not the top. The upper level is reserved for the Edmonton Radial Railway Society‘s historic streetcars. image via CTV News image via AAA.com One of these days, I want to take […]

The Interesting High Level Bridge — Snowbird of Paradise

1897: The Inauguration of a Bridge in Senegal — Transportation History

July 14, 1897 In West Africa, a road bridge in what is now the Republic of Senegal was officially opened. (At the time of the bridge’s debut, Senegal was a colonial territory of France.) This bridge, which was built across the Senegal River to connect the island and town of Saint-Louis with the mainland, replaced […]

1897: The Inauguration of a Bridge in Senegal — Transportation History

BHC Pic of the Week Nr. 157 Tribute to James Baughn

Here’s a quiz for the forum: How many spans of a bridge have you tried to photograph into one picture? Panorama photos have their pros and cons, speaking from personal experience. One pro is if you find the right angle, spot and location, you may be able to get the whole length of the bridge. But this is granted that you have the right lighting and setting, let alone the safety precautions in case something goes wrong. The disadvantage is no matter how many spans you can get in one shot, something may go wrong in one way or another- either poor lighting, lack of focus, camera shaking, or in one case, if trying to get multiple shots into one panorama view, the photos may be shifted to a point where you may have a panorama shot that looks more like a Picasso or Dali instead of a real shot. This is the reason why panorama photos should be done if and only if you find the right location for it and the right photo program to doctor it up to make it more genuine and more like a profi.

And with that, we go to this bridge, the Cairo Railroad Bridge, which spans the Ohio River at the Illinois and Kentucky border. This bridge was built in 1952 and features a six-span polygonal through truss bridge with riveted connections. In the data provided by bridgehunter.com, the bridge features an A-frame portal bracing and was built on the piers of a series of Whipple through trusses, built by George S. Morrison and the crew at Union Bridge Company in Buffalo in 1889. The bridge was replaced span by span with the current trusses during the three-year replacement project by sliding the old span off, which was carried away to be cut up. The new span was slid on in its place. This process was later practiced with other multiple-span truss bridges, especially those that are at least a half mile long. The total length of the present-day Cairo Bridge is at least a mile long, yet when James Baughn photographed this structure in 2015, it showed all six truss spans in one frame. An amazing shot but one to envy especially those who have tried and failed to make a picture as perfect as this one. Now how did he get this shot?

Still no matter how this picture was taken, there is one word of advice to give to the photographers- the best ones always experiment and expect the unexpected. When the eye says take it, then you take the shot. Chances are greater that way than if you plan a shot and watch your plans be foiled by mother nature or other elements.

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Savage Mill, Savage, Maryland — John Cowgill: Stories of the Railroad

The Old Savage Mill, Savage, Maryland The Historic U.S. Route 1 is the first and oldest route in the United States of America.  It runs north and south through the eastern section with the northern terminus is in Fort Know, Maine, and the southern terminus in Key West, Florida.  (It is the most southern U.S. […]

Savage Mill, Savage, Maryland — John Cowgill: Stories of the Railroad

The Cribstone Bridge — River’s world…..

. When it’s a beautiful summer evening in Maine? You head to the coast for dinner… and since we hadn’t been there in a few years, we drove to Cooks Lobster and Ale House. In order to get to the Island where it’s located, you drive over the world famous Cribstone Bridge. . . Why […]

The Cribstone Bridge — River’s world…..

Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic River — National Parks With T

Welcome back to National Parks and other public lands with T! The Lower Delaware River, south of Easton, NJ, received a National Wild and Scenic designation in 2000. 230 more words

Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic River — National Parks With T

This post includes the bridge crossing at Titusville, NJ you might be interested in.

Picture of the day — Lookoom

Weekend in Bordeaux (continuer en français) The Garonne River serves as a natural harbour some 30 miles, 50 kilometres, from the coast. Crossing it was an issue to allow the expansion of the city on the other bank. The Pont de Pierre is the historic bridge built in the early 19th century. Today, the car […]

Picture of the day — Lookoom

An Occurrence at Wallaby Creek Bridge — This is Australia

by George W Rehder A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Queensland,   looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man’s hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. His tie closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the […]

An Occurrence at Wallaby Creek Bridge — This is Australia

This story I read in high school in the USA and it combines a story of war and justice that all happened on a bridge that had been laden with history already.