BHC Newsflyer: 19 February 2022

Green Bridge near Ozark, Missouri

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To listen to the podcast, click here. Spotify Version Here.

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Headlines:

Convoy Protests Shut Down Key Bridges and Highways in Canada- Emergency Act in Force

Article 1: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/14/americas/canada-truckers-protest-monday/index.html

Article 2: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ambassador-bridge-reopens-monday-1.6350729

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Three Historic Bridges in Christian County, Missouri to be Replaced; Efforts to Relocate and Repurpose them in Progress

Article: https://www.ky3.com/2022/02/08/christian-county-using-american-rescue-plan-money-replace-three-countys-oldest-single-lane-bridges/

Bridge Info (Green Bridge): http://bridgehunter.com/mo/christian/smyrna-road/

Bridge Info (Hawkins Ford Bridge): http://bridgehunter.com/mo/christian/dakota-road/

Bridge Info (Red Bridge): http://bridgehunter.com/mo/christian/red/

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Photo by Michael Quiet

Vermont town buys Covered Bridge for Tourism Purposes

Article: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2022-02-12/vermont-town-to-buy-historic-covered-bridge-for-10-000

Bridge Info: http://bridgehunter.com/vt/caledonia/centre/

Information on Paddleford Truss: http://www.vermontbridges.com/paddle.htm

Covered Bridges of Lyndon: http://bridgehunter.com/category/city/lyndon-vermont/

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Dunbible Railroad Bridge in Tweed Shire to be Restored together with the Rail to Trail

Article: https://www.miragenews.com/historic-bridge-restoration-underway-722133/

Information About Railroad: https://phillipoverton.blogspot.com/2015/01/dunbible-dunbible-creek-railway-bridge.html

Information About Project: https://www.yoursaytweed.com.au/railtrail

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Source: FredericRivollier from Canada, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Cambridge (Black) Bridge to undergo Repairs- New Bridge in the Works + Repurposement of Historic Bridge

Article: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/02/10/historic-cambridge-bridge-requires-emergency-repairs-city-says.html

Bridge Info: https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ontario/blackbridge/

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Green Bridge in Düsseldorf: An Ambitious Project but Maybe Too Ambitious?

Article: https://www.travelbook.de/news/green-bridge-bruecke-duesseldorf

Bridge Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Heuss_Bridge_(D%C3%BCsseldorf)

Note: The video above is a rendering of the Living Bridge in Hamburg. The Design of the Green Bridge in Düsseldorf can be found in the link above.

Feel free to state your comments about the Green Bridge project in the comment section of the Newsflyer Article.

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