BHC Newsflyer: 29 January 2022

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We have a summary of the 2021 Bridgehunter Awards and Author’s Choice Winners here in this podcast. You can also see the details in a pair of articles here:

2021 Bridgehunter Awards Winners

2021 Author’s Choice Awards Winners

Congratulations to our winners in the ten categories of the Bridgehunter Awards as well as the Author’s Choice Awards.

Other Stories in this Podcast:

Hirschgrundbrücke at Castle Complex in Glauchau- Target of recent vandalisms

Police Looking for Vandals who Spraypainted Glauchau’s Historic Bridges

Article (D): https://www.freiepresse.de/zwickau/glauchau/schon-wieder-schmierereien-in-glauchau-aufgetaucht-artikel11939698

Glauchau’s Bridges: The Bridges of Glauchau (Saxony), Germany

Elstertal Viaduct NE of Plauen. Photo taken in 2010

Elstertal Viaduct near Plauen being Rehabilitated

Article: https://www.freiepresse.de/vogtland/plauen/bau-der-elstertalbruecke-startet-welche-einschraenkungen-jetzt-auf-bahnreisende-und-wanderer-zukommen-artikel11947422

Bridge Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elster_Viaduct

Dresden Suspension Bridge in Ohio. Photo taken by Nathan Holth at historicbridges.org

Dresden Suspension Bridge in Ohio Likely Doomed- Ohio DOT to rid its responsibilities for historic bridge despite Opposition- Petition to Stop Proposal In Artcles

Article: https://ycitynews.com/23897/news/dresden-suspension-bridge-likely-to-be-demolished-as-cost-to-save-skyrockets/

Bridge Info: https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ohio/dresden/

Endangered TRUSS Article: Endangered T.R.U.S.S.: The Dresden Suspension Bridge in Ohio

Kohlfurther Bridge in Cronnenburg (near Wuppertal), Germany in its restored and lit state. Photo taken by Christian Olsen for Wiki Commons

Kohlfurther Bridge Repaired and Relit after Flood Damage in July 2021

Article: https://www.cronenberger-woche.de/nachricht/2022/01/25/nach-dem-hochwasser-kohlfurther-bruecke-ist-leuchtend-sauber/

Bridge Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlfurther_Bridge

This podcast does NOT include the news story of the Bridge Collapse in Pittsburgh, which happened on January 28th. Yet a summary of the disaster can be found here:

Link: Pittsburgh bridge collapses hours before Biden visit about infrastructure — WGN-TV

More on the accident together with some comments from the author of the Chronicles will come next week.