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The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« on: September 03, 2010, 11:28:34 PM »
                      
This beautiful arched bridge in Lake Austin was build byMiro Rivera Architects and is used to connect the
  Client's' main house to the smaller guest house on the other side of the pond.
  To make the bridge seem as natural as possible within its surroundings,
  They made the decking and reed-like hand rails imperfect but still structurally sound.

 
        

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Re: The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2010, 11:29:32 PM »
The original Kintai Bridge was built in 1673 but collapsed due to flooding.
  The rebuilt bridge survived for more than 200 years until a typhoon destroyed in 1950.
  The bridge that stands now over the Nishiki River   has five wooden arches displaying an incredible amount of detail and   craftmanship.
  Interesting fact: no nails or bolts have been used to build the arches, only clamps and wires.
 

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Re: The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2010, 11:30:02 PM »
The JK Bridge in Brasilia is a lesson in elegant bridge design.
The three huge diagonal arches over the deck of the bridge give the structure an amazing visual fluidity.
 

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Re: The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2010, 11:30:32 PM »
                      Thomas heatherwick' s award-winning rolling bridge is an ingenious addition to the grand union canal
  System in London and is unique. Unlike regular movable canal bridges, the rolling bridge

  Curls up to form an octagon by way of hydraulic jacks to let ships pass.

 
        

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Re: The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2010, 11:30:47 PM »
                      Beipanjiang River Railroad Bridge in Guizhou is an enormous railway bridge that was built as
  Part of the 'Guizhou-Shuibai Railway Project.' Connecting two mountains over a deep ravine,

  At its highest point, the bridge's deck sits 918 ft above the ground.

  Parenthetically the bridge in Guizhou connects two of the country's poorest areas.

          

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Re: The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2010, 11:31:08 PM »
                      'Henderson Waves' is Singapore 's highest pedestrian bridge and is at the 'Southern Ridges,'
  A beautiful 9 km (six miles) stretch of gardens and parks The deck of the bridge is made

  From thousands of Balau wood slats, perfectly cut and arranged, and along the length of the deck,

  A snaking, undulating shell forms sheltered seating areas on every upward curve.

 
        

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Re: The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2010, 11:31:23 PM »
                      
This incredible vertical lift bridge is in Rouen, France, whose spans weigh 1,200 tons each, but can
  Be hoisted 180 ft vertically in an impressive 12 minutes. The angular lift structures at the top of each

  Tower weigh 450 tons each. The huge vertical lift allows even the largest cruise liners to sail through.

 
        

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Re: The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2010, 11:31:41 PM »
                      
This bridge supports two pipelines - one gas, the other oil - across the extremely deep gap in Papua,
  New Guinea. If this were to be officially recognized as a vehicular or pedestrian bridge, it would

  Rocket to the top of the 'world's highest bridge-span' with the pipelines at an impressive height of

  1,290 ft above the bottom of the gorge. By comparison, the current highest bridge span

  Belongs to the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, hanging a mere 1,053 ft above ground level.

 
        

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Re: The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2010, 09:29:22 PM »
I like three bridges : Beipanjiang River Railroad Bridge in Guizhou, Henderson Waves' in Singapore and Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado.
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Re: The most wonder full and beautiful BRIDGES
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2010, 01:50:16 AM »
Those BRIDGES are very beautiful,thanks for sharing !