BHC Newsflyer: 19 August, 2023

Sturgeon Island Covered Bridge in Pine County, Minnesota. Photo courtesy of MnDOT

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Sturgeon Island Covered Bridge to be Replaced- Replica Possible?

Link: https://www.mlstargazette.com/news/beloved-covered-bridge-last-days/article_279e00d4-37b6-11ee-82f2-a720aa604484.html  

Covered Bridge Info: http://www.dalejtravis.com/bridge/minnesot/htm/23058a.htm

Website on Covered Bridges: http://www.dalejtravis.com/bridge/cbridges.htm

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Photo taken by Mark David Sudik via Shutterbug

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Historic Philipsburg Bridge to be Removed Starting in 2024

Link: https://us.firenews.video/us-news/historic-philipsburg-bridge-to-be-removed-starting-in-2024/

Bridge Tour Guide: https://historicbridges.org/b_a_list.php?ct=&c=&ptype=county&pname=Northampton+County,+Pennsylvania

The 1891 Randklev Railroad Bridge. The 1957 railroad bridge is to the right. Photo courtesy of Sigurd Rage via Flickr

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Historic Railroad Bridge in Norway Collapses Amid Severe Flooding

Links:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/14/norway-railway-bridge-collapse-rain/07839cda-3a97-11ee-aefd-40c039a855ba_story.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/14/storm-hans-railway-bridge-collapses-in-southern-norway

https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/item/43222-norwegen-die-randklev-bruecke-in-ringebu-ist-eingestuerzt.html

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Also a bridge that turns floating houses into junk:

https://www.bild.de/video/clip/news-ausland/schock-nach-sturzflut-bruecke-wird-gleich-zur-schrottpresse-85014244.bild.html

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Grand opening of the Schierstein Bridge between Wiesbaden and Mainz. Photo courtesy of Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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New Motorway Bridge over the Rhine in Germany

Link 1: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/mainz/schiersteiner-bruecke-ist-fertig-sperrung-wieder-aufgehoben-100.html

Link 2: https://www.spiegel.de/auto/schiersteiner-bruecke-bruecken-neubau-zwischen-mainz-und-wiesbaden-eroeffnet-a-02f7a360-8f5f-496a-8525-dfedca0867fc

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

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Wood Road (Red) Bridge. Photo taken by Nathan Holth for historicbridges.org.

Work to Begin on Three Steuben County Bridges

Link: https://eu.the-leader.com/story/news/local/2023/08/11/construction-on-steuben-county-bridges-expected-to-start/70565203007/

Bridge Tour Guide: https://historicbridges.org/b_a_list.php?ct=&c=&ptype=county&pname=Steuben+County,+New+York

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Bennerley Viaduct after its reopening. Photo courtesy of Harry Mitchell, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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New Visitor Center Planned for Bennerley Viaduct

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-66466794

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

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