Day: August 26, 2023

BHC Newsflyer: 26 August 2023

The Gaunless Railroad Bridge at its original location in Shildon. Source: Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Click on the Spotify bar below to listen to the podcast:

HEADLINES:

Shildon Lenticular Cast Iron Railroad Bridge to Return Home

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/21/gaunless-iron-railway-bridge-that-changed-the-world-returns-to-durham-

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

*********

Photo courtesy of Nathan Holth at historicbridges.org

Walnut Street (Pony) Bridge to be honored in October

Link: https://sauconsource.com/2023/08/23/pony-bridges-national-recognition-to-be-celebrated-at-october-event/

Bridge Info: https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=pennsylvania/hellertownwalnut/

***********

Bridge in Glauchau Spanning the Flutrinne to be Replaced/ Highway B175 to be Converted into Expressway

Link: https://www.freiepresse.de/zwickau/glauchau/ausbau-der-b-175-zwischen-zwickau-und-glauchau-verlangt-autofahrern-geduld-ab-artikel12801843

The Bridges of Glauchau: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/the-bridges-of-glauchau-saxony-germany/

*********

One of three spans of the Old Sartell Bridge. Photo taken in December 2010

Sartell Truss Bridge Reopens

Link: https://www.startribune.com/sartell-to-reopen-historic-bridge-as-walkway/600280519/?refresh=true

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

**********

Source: Joseph Elliot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rehabilitation and a New Utility Bridge on the Market Street Bridge in Harrisburg

Link: https://www.roadsbridges.com/bridge-construction/news/33009225/penndot-to-rehabilitate-market-street-bridge

Bridge Info: https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=pennsylvania/harrisburg_market/

***********

Could the Roman Bridge in Trier be dethroned as the oldest built in Germany? Source: Bjalek Michal, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oldest Bridge in Germany Discovered?

Link: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/trier/vermutlich-aelteste-roemische-bruecke-bei-archaeologischen-grabungen-in-der-eifel-gefunden-100.html

.