October 2, 2018 In the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, a girder bridge in the city of Saskatoon. This bridge, which crosses the South Saskatchewan River, carries six lanes of McOrmond Drive and two multi-use paths. Originally called the North Commuter Parkway Bridge prior to its completion, this structure was renamed after a local 19th century […] 2018: Hundreds Gather for the Opening of a Saskatoon Bridge that Connects the Past with the Future 🌉 BHC

Othmar H Ammann designed and built numerous crossings in New York City and the metropolitan area over the course of 30+ years. This bridge is one of them. The Bronx Whitestone Bridge is a classic suspension bridge with pony trusses supporting the decking. It was built in 1937-39 and has a span of 3770 feet. It connects the Bronx with Queens and until 1961 was the lone crossing over Throgs Neck.

2026 is going to be a big year. Aside from the upcoming Midterm elections a month from now, we also have a big occasion regarding historic bridges. 15 years ago in December 2011, we launched the Bridgehunter Awards. Known at that time as the Othmar H Ammann Awards, this award was given to the winners in the categories of Best Bridge Photo, Best Bridge Media and Genre, Best Kept Secret, Best Bridge Tour Guide, Best Example of a Restored Historic Bridge, Mystery Bridge, and Lifetime Legacy.

Miguel Ángel Rosales Izás, an architect who has specialized in the design of bridges, was born in Guatemala City (the capital of the eponymous Central American country) in 1961. He was oldest of the four sons of Antonio Rosales and Lidia Izás. In 1984, Miguel A. Rosales earned a degree in architecture from Francisco […] National Hispanic Heritage Month: Miguel Rosales, Bridge Designer 🌉 BHC

1942 Through Truss Bridge Brought Down Three Months After New Bridge Opened CHESTER, IL- All it took was some strategic locations on the structure and a few seconds after the button was pushed. Then the bridge was gone- dropped into 18 feet of water known as the Mississippi. Hundreds of people gathered yesterday to say goodbye to the 84-year old Chester Bridge.

This week's Pic of the Week takes us back to Denmark, where we revisit a pair of old friends, located right near the German border by Aventoft. It was five years ago this past August, where we took a short trip over the border from our stay along the North Sea coast to visit Denmark and experience some culture for a few hours in Tonder.

Altstadtbrücke over the Neisse. Source: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Welcome to Görlitz—Germany's easternmost city—and its twin city Zgorzelec just across the water in Poland. Divided abruptly by the Oder-Neisse line in the closing days of the Second World War, these two communities have evolved back into a single, unified "Europastadt". While Görlitz is world-famous for its remarkably preserved Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture (earning it the nickname "Görliwood"), its structural legacy is profoundly written along the banks and across the waters of the…

Co-produced with 🌉 BHC I found this postcard at a flea market recently and it shows a bridge in Karoly Vary (Karlsbad) in Czechia with people standing over the railing thinking and conversing. The setting is in the historic old town and the mood was subdued but pleasant. The question is, what’s the occasion? What […] No Comment: Life on the Bridge Feel free to comment on this postcard. 🌉 BHC

This postcard came to my attention at my last visit to the flea market. There we have a scene where one finds three bridges spanning the River Neisse in Görlitz, at the Polish-German border. With a population of 45,000 inhabitants, Görlitz is the sixth largest city in Saxony and is known as the Saxon version of Hollywood. Many films had scenes taken from the town, known by the locals as Görliwood (Girly-Wood).

Taking pride and enjoying the view. That was the description of the people standing from the arch spans of the Teufelstal Viaduct. This photo was taken shortly after the completion of the twin open spandrel arch bridge that was completed in 1938. Paul Bonatz designed the bridge, while Grün & Bilfinger constructed it. The bridge spans Teufelsbach (Devil's Creek) west of the town of Hermsdorf in the German state of Thuringia.

Steel Frame Construction, Connections, and Truss Systems Introduction Steel is one of the most important structural materials used in modern construction. It is widely applied in industrial buildings, warehouses, commercial complexes, bridges, airports, stadiums, high-rise buildings, factories, railway structures, and long-span roofs. Steel combines high strength, relatively low self-weight, uniform material properties, speed of erection, […] Here's a comprehensive guide to the beams, connections and designs involving the Truss. This needs no further introduction. Just click on the graph and text above. 🌉 BHC

Should the MacKay bridge that spans Halifax Harbour be repaired, rebuilt, or replaced with a tunnel?That’s the question the Nova Scotia government wants to answer with an engineering assessment and consultation.“This is due diligence,” said Public Works Minister Fred Tilley.“We know we have the time to do this right. And if we’re going to do it, we need to make sure that we build a corridor for the future.”

The first really noticeable construction work happened last week to replace the northbound U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Eel River near Rio Dell.The first section of the bridge and the green-colored truss structure for that section were demolished last week. According to a Caltrans statement, there’s plenty more work ahead. “The remaining bridge and piers two to four are expected to be removed by the end of September, with the temporary rock berm in the river expected to be fully removed by mid-October,” a statement issued by the agency said.

Photo by Lothar van Hall Also Mystery Bridge Nr. 265 This Pic of the Week feature is also a Mystery Bridge one as well. The bridge is located on the Lower Rhine River between Emmerich and the Netherlands, yet we do not know where the structure is exactly. Nor do we know the bridge's history. What we know about the structure is that it has multiple spans, and the photo taken by Lothar van Hall shows the point truss approach spans with the through truss bridge in the background.

Years ago, my brother Chuck and I went on a photo trek to Vicksburg, MS. He is a talented photographer and I wanted to glean from his expertise. Using my camera, he took the featured picture above and I liked it so much that I gifted him a large copy on canvas. I treasure the […] Bridges That Connect Us Courtesy of Heavenly Raindrops. A look at the Vicksburg Bridges. 🌉 BHC

Happy 100th birthday to the Burnside Bridge! The bascule bridge opened on May 28, 1926. This replaced the original 1894 swing-span truss bridge. Click here to view the image in Efiles. Burnside Bridge, circa 1940s 🌉 BHC

Photo by Pam AM The replacement of the Chester Bridge—officially named the Don Welge Memorial Bridge—is a major infrastructure project connecting Chester, Illinois (Randolph County) and Perry County, Missouri via Route 150. The $284 million joint effort by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) replaces an aging, narrow truss bridge with a modern cable-stayed bridge built upstream.

📮📸POP QUIZ: After a week off in observance of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks, we're back with our weekly Postcard Friday feature. We're starting this feature with a Guessing Quiz and it has to do with this postcard, a black and white original dating back 60+ years. We're looking inside a covered bridge in Europe. A long one for that matter.

September 17, 2001 In northeastern England’s ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists in the city and metropolitan borough of Newscastle upon Tyne (more simply known as Newcastle) was opened to the public. This bridge, crossing the River Tyne, serves as a link between the major arts and cultural center […] 2001: The Start of Service for the World’s First Tilt Bridge Proves to be a Tremendous Experience – Not to Mention an Eye-Opening Event – for Thousands of People in Attendance 🌉 BHC

A piece of Liberty’s skyline that has spanned the Trinity River for nearly a century appears destined to disappear. The historic US 90 truss bridge, built in 1930 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is slated for demolition, with the Texas Department of Transportation currently anticipating the project will go to bid […] Historic US 90 truss bridge in Liberty facing demolition after nearly a century Details on the plan to demolish and replace the Liberty Bridge in the link.

Photos taken by J.R. Manning in 2008 Historic Iron Through Truss Bridge that outlived its village to be relocated. BELOIT, WI- Wisconsin has some rare historic truss bridges, many of which had their connections with the bridge builders in Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin. One of the more known bridge builders that constructed many of these bridges was the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Works Company, the same company that built the Hastings Spiral Bridge in 1895.

The next bridge on our tour in the north of Germany and western Denmark takes us to Kiel. As capital of Schleswig-Holstein and largest city, Kiel has some of the finest bridges of different types and coming from different eras. Two of the bridges were rebuilt based on the design of the original that was demolished due to age and structural deterioration.

There are several pedestrian-only bridges at Canalside, Buffalo. They pass over the end of the Erie Canal, a portion of which has been paved over with a skating rink. When I was there, one of these bridges was closed due to construction and I couldn’t figure out how to get to another one. I did […] Buffalo Bridges: Canalside 🌉 BHC

Knowing that wandering at will and walking as many bridges as possible was no longer a feasible option for me, my brother and I identified two must-see bridges for my weekend in DC: the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge. Not to be confused with Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key […] Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge, DC 🌉 BHC

Duck Hollow is a mini neighborhood where Frick Park’s Nine Mile Run meets the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. A handful of houses sit in the Hollow accessible only by an old one-lane bridge on a small spur of Second Avenue or the new bridge on McFarren Street that opened in 2020 (though it was only […] Duck Hollow Bridges 🌉 BHC

A guide to hiking the Rail Corridor in Singapore, a beautiful 24km walk across the country along the old railway route. A Guide to Walking the Rail Corridor, Singapore 🌉 BHC

A guide to hiking the Macritchie treetop walk in Singapore, including visitor information and a route map. Exploring Singapore’s MacRitchie Treetop Walk 🌉 BHC

The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 individuals in the vicinity of the World Trade Center in the southernmost part of New York City’s borough of Manhattan; the Pentagon in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area; and – where a hijacked airplane went down after […] 2001: The Renaming of a Long Island Bridge Where People Gathered to Witness and Mourn the World Trade Center Attacks 🌉 BHC

Photo by Richa W-Fryatt on Pexels.com 25 years ago on this day, an event happened that changed the way we looked at civilization forever. It was on that day that two airplanes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, bringing them both down to a pile of rubble. Another one crashed into the Pentagon, in Washington and the fourth one, destined for the White House, crashed in Pennsylvania.

HC continues to find ways to pass the long days of summer up in Utah. It isn’t too hard when one is an outdoor enthusiast, and the Wasatch mountains are in plain sight each morning from the guest room he is staying in. A simple google search helps him to find new places to explore […] the way to the Bear Canyon Suspension Bridge Here's a rather unknown suspension bridge located in Utah that one should visit. 🌉 BHC

The glorious Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn, marks the entrance to New York Harbor. Nearly every cruise ship and many of the largest container ships arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey must pass beneath its span. Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge: The Gateway to New York Harbor One of my favorite bridges that's on my bucket list of places to see.

By Michael Johnson, cleveland.com Express Desk, cleveland.comCLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County spent years planning an arch replacement for the deteriorating Hilliard Road Bridge.Then the price got too high.The county now says the arch it had been pursuing is no longer feasible “due to lack of available funding.” Instead, it is moving ahead with a lower-cost steel-girder bridge between Lakewood and Rocky River, according to the county’s current project materials.

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they start thinking about what they’ll leave behind. Maybe it’s a family, a business, a body of work, or some lasting contribution to the community they call home. Today, I’m cementing my legacy by conceptualizing a 160-foot Garfield statue that should be erected across the White River […] Muncie needs a 160-foot Garfield…

And here I am giving you more of my memorable visit to Porto, I had the chance to see some of Porto but was on the road warrior trails outside into wine country and between Porto and Coimbra. I took this picture from elsewhere in my blog to do this post solely on it as feels deserve it […] The Ponte da Arràbida of Porto !! 🌉 BHC

We're taking you back 17 years ago to my home state of Minnesota. 2009 was my daughter's first ever trip to the US and this was the first ever bridge she saw. The Shakopee Bridge is a riveted Warren deck truss bridge that spans the Mississippi River. Built in 1927 by Edward Kraemer & Sons, the bridge carried Hwys. 169 and 212 for over 65 years before the highways were realigned- 212 through Chaska, and 169 towards Bloomington.

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June 25, 2011 A dedication ceremony was held for the Peace Bridge in the city of Derry in Northern Ireland. This 771-foot (225-meter)-long bridge, which crosses the River Foyle, was built for pedestrians and cyclists. The bridge serves as a link between Ebrington Square, a public space, on the east bank of the river; and […] 2011: The Opening of the Peace Bridge in Northern Ireland’s City of Derry 🌉 BHC

In connection with the upcoming state elections in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt this weekend, I would like to present you a postcard of the Saale River crossing at Giebichenstein Castle in the city of Halle. With a population of over 110,000 inhabitants, Halle is underrepresented when it comes to unique historic bridges, many of them are over 120 years old.

Photo taken by Ben Tate in 2019 DULUTH, MN/ SUPERIOR, WI: Connecting the cities of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, across the St. Louis Bay, the John A. Blatnik Bridge stands as a critical artery for local commuters and regional commerce. Carrying Interstate 535 and U.S. Highway 53, the structure moves over 33,000 vehicles and nearly $4 billion in freight each day.

All photos courtesy of Mr. P Explores; taken in 2024 Cleveland was once hailed as the city of steel. Apart from its bridge companies, the city once used to pride itself on its steel bridges throughout the metropolitan region. This included the movable bridges spanning the Cuyahoga River. However, these bridges are slowly disappearing. One by one, they are being removed because of their hindrances along the waterway; for some they are abandoned and are thus a safety hazard.

August 31, 1954 Dedication ceremonies were held for an arch bridge crossing the Delaware River between the hamlet of Narrowsburg in Sullivan County, New York; and the village of Darbytown (within the township of Damascus) in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Construction on this bridge began on April 16, 1953. Approximately 200 people showed up for the […] 1954: The Dedication of a Bridge Between a New York Hamlet and a Pennsylvania Village 🌉 BHC

The next Pic of the Week feature takes us to Schleswig Holstein and to an area west of Rendsburg where we have a unique waterway. The Gieselau Canal is a man-made waterway that connects the River Eider with the Baltic-North Sea Canal near the town of Oldenbüttel. At three kilometers, it is the shortest waterway in Schleswig Holstein and serves as a shortcut for boaters wishing to travel towards Pahlen, Lexfähre or even Friedrichstadt from Rendsburg.

A couple days ago I posted a photo paying tribute to the late singer and actress Dolly Parton, who died on August 25th at the age of 80. Shortly after my posting, one of the readers mentioned that Dolly had two songs that had to do with a bridge. This song is one of them. The Bridge was released in 1968 and the setting was on a bridge, where two people meet and fall in love. And the rest is all history with one very abrupt exception at the end. Can you identify what it is? 💚❤️😊

The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a 14-mile sea-level ship canal that connects the Chesapeake Bay with the Delaware River in Maryland and Delaware, which includes six major automobile and railroad crossings. The Bridges of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Along a 14-mile canal, you can find six bridges along the waterway that separates Maryland with Delaware. Sherman Cahal provides you with a useful guide.

For decades, the only way to cross the Ohio River between Paducah, Kentucky, and Illinois was a narrow two-lane bridge. This was later supplemented with an interstate crossing that was plagued with problems. The Crossings at Paducah A look at two major Mississippi River bridges located only a few miles apart.

This bridge is named after a warrior. There is a reason for that. Click on the narrow passage for details… The Chicken Bridge 🌉 BHC

Blue Earth County had a lot of bridges that had high historical value. There were also many that could have been saved. And in the case of this one, the City of Mankato should have kept it and modified it for traffic. This postcard feature looks at the Main Street Bridge, spanning the Minnesota River in downtown Mankato. It's located just two miles ENE from the new Kern Bowstring Arch Bridge site at Land of Memories and Sibley Parks.

It's a disaster like no other, and one where alarm bells should be deafening loud throughout the world. A glacier in Tibet not only melted significantly, it broke off yesterday, sending a deluge of water and mud down a deep valley along the Nepal-China border. Its massive volume and size destroyed everything in its path: villages, bridges, highways and dams!

Source: ChatGPT This post goes off the usual path of bridges but pays a special tribute to a very special person. Almost all of us have heard of or listened to the music of Dolly Parton. Some have seen her in films, or visited Dollywood Park, or visited the places where she grew up and became famous. Places like Nashville, the home of country music.

190-foot-long Bowstring Arch Bridge Lifted Back over the River to Connect Sibley Park and Land of Memories Park.