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Taller than the Eiffel Tower, India constructs world’s highest railway bridge in Kashmir
CNN   02 May 2023   India   Kashmir  
The Chenab bridge is being hailed by Indian officials as an "engineering marvel".
<p>India is now home to the world&rsquo;s tallest railway bridge. Some 35 meters (over 10 feet) taller than the Eiffel Tower, the Chenab Bridge sits 359 meters (around 109 feet) above the Chenab River in India&rsquo;s contentious Jammu and Kashmir region.<br ...
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Ingenious and life-enhancing: a tale of two new London footbridges
The Guardian   19 February 2023   UK   London  
Photograph: Jim Stephenson
<p>All the world loves a bridge that moves. Usually, the point of a bridge is that it is fixed &ndash; when so much trouble has been taken to overcome gravity and tame nature, instability is the last thing that you want &ndash; so there is surprise and delight ...
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Opening soon: Delhi to Kashmir route, comprising world’s tallest railway bridge
Mint   08 August 2022   India  
A view of the almost-complete Chenab bridge, in Reasi on Thursday. With 88% completion of deck launching, Chenab bridge will soon bring all-weather rail connectivity to Kashmir. (ANI Photo) (Shilpa Thakur
<p>The Central government and Indian Railways will soon open the Delhi to Kashmir rail route for public travel since the project is nearing completion and the railway bridge over the Chenab River in the district of Reasi on the Baramulla railway line is also ...
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In pictures: 40 years of the Kessock Bridge
BBC NEWS   05 August 2022   UK   Scotland  
One of the bridge's construction crew won a bet by hitting a golf ball between the two spans (Scottish Roads Archive)
<p>The Kessock Bridge in the Highlands is 40 years old.<br />"One of the beauties of being a civil engineer is you are often building things which are of benefit to the area in which you are building them," says Ken Wilson, who helped to supervise the construction ...
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Croatia opens long-awaited bridge bypassing Bosnia
Aljazeera   26 July 2022   Croatia   Dubrovnik  
<p>Croatia has opened a long-awaited bridge linking its southern Adriatic coast, including the popular tourist destination of Dubrovnik, with the rest of the country, bypassing a narrow strip of Bosnian territory.<br />The 2.4km (1.5-mile) span reaches out ...
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Work on Genoa bridge nears completion after “a show of confidence and courage”
Global Construction Review   06 April 2020   Italy   Genoa  
<p>Construction work on the Genoa bridge, a replacement for the structure that collapsed in August 2018 killing 43 people, has been allowed to continue by the Italian government despite the Covid-19 pandemic.<br><br></p>
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VIDEO: Time-lapse captures four months of bridge construction in Yuba, Calif.
Screen shot from City of Yuba City video.
<p>The time-lapse video below, taken by the City of Yuba City in California, offers a look at four months of work on the 5th Street Bridge that spans the Feather River. </p>
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After Bridge Tragedy, Genoa Selects a New Design
Engineering.com   10 January 2019   Italy   Genoa  
A rendering of Renzo Piano’s planned bridge, which will replace the collapsed Morandi Bridge. (Image courtesy of Renzo Piano)
<p>Five months after the deadly Genoa bridge collapse, the city has announced that it will replace the structure with another bridge that its designer claims will &ldquo;last for a thousand years.&rdquo;<br />On December 19, 2018, city mayor Marco Bucci announced ...
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The troubled history of the Tappan Zee’s replacement
CITY & STATE NEW YORK   17 December 2018   USA   New York  
An aerial view of the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge during the opening of the eastbound span. | Kevin Coughlin/Office of the Governor
<p>Last week, NBC New York reported that dozens of bolts fell apart during the construction of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, a key infrastructure project of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Some workers also alleged that there had been a cover-up about the bolts. ...
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Australia's matagarup bridge engages its landscape in a sequence of unfolding vistas
Designboom   18 July 2018   Australia   Perth  
image courtesy of samuel
<p>The matagarup bridge &ndash; a $91.5 million project to connect australia&lsquo;s east perth to the city&rsquo;s recently built optus stadium &ndash; is now complete and open to the public. the pedestrian bridge, which grants access to the new 60,000-seat ...
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