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Bridges, Arches, Columns, Tunnels and Walls

 
 
RexRed
 
Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 12:06 pm
Laser and radar unveil the secrets of Roman bridges.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140312082633.htm?

Please post your favorite pictures of these architectural designs here.
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RexRed
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 12:12 pm
The Xiying Rainbow Bridge is an elevated pedestrian walkway located in Magong, Penghu County in Taiwan
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/rainbow-bridge_2292828k-640x399.jpg

The National Capitol Columns located at the United States National Arboretum in Washington, D.C
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/National_Capitol_Columns_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/786px-National_Capitol_Columns_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg
ossobuco
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 12:21 pm
Good idea for a thread. I'll be back.
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saab
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 12:50 pm
The world is full of wonderful bridges and I do not like to cross any of them if thez are high up..
In Swedish we have a word for a bridge connecting two shores or a bridge which just ends in the water.
The bridge I choose is close to the one going from a summerplace we spent a few years out to the road. It shows the higth and length I like. I liked it as a child
http://comps.canstockphoto.com/can-stock-photo_csp8254910.jpg
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vonny
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 01:04 pm
@RexRed,
The Tyne Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne - my home town.

http://www.northern-horizons.co.uk/_images/pictures/N075P_421378923.jpg
ossobuco
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 01:23 pm
@vonny,
Interesting, what with the barrel shape in the background. I presume the bridge arrived first.
vonny
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 01:30 pm
@ossobuco,
I'm not sure what it is - it was built long after I left the North-East. It might be the Sage, Gateshead, which is the centre that houses a wide range of art forms includes the performing, literary and visual arts, or the Metro Radio Arena - a huge music venue. Both places are on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne - I come from the Newcastle side.
vonny
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:00 pm
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge over the River Tyne between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead.

http://blog.pharoscontrols.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/gateshead3_web.jpg
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vonny
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:03 pm
The High Level Bridge between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/images/2008/09/05/christopher_robin_high_leve_470x264.jpg
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timur
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:14 pm
Skywalk, Malaysia:
http://www.patz.com/images/malaysia%202005/skywalk3.jpg
vonny
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:17 pm
@timur,
Wow!
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:20 pm
@timur,
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608003211243881889&pid=15.1

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608044786531240642&pid=15.1

It's the "mushrooms" in Seville. They are made of wood.
timur
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:29 pm
@McTag,
Nice stuff, German made..
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timur
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:31 pm
Bixby Creek Bridge, California.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Bixby_Creek_Bridge%2C_California%2C_USA_-_May_2013.jpg
vonny
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:38 pm
London Bridge

http://www.geoglance.com/photo/21/21_london-bridge_934x623.jpg
timur
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:49 pm
Ponte Vecchio, Italy:

http://play.trombi.it/images/ponte_vecchio.jpg
saab
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 03:01 pm
http://www.mtc.ca.gov/images/ta0202/oldspan_lg.jpg

I have crossed this bridge - I really have - head between knees and refusing to look out. And I even made it back.
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
ossobuco
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 03:01 pm
@timur,
Ponte Sant' Angelo, Rome -

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2009/3/14/1237027164269/Ponte-SantAngelo-002.jpg

http://www.ourtravelpics.com/rome/rome_169.jpg

Have walked this one many times, no fear.

Have driven the Bixby bridge, not quite as sanguine.

timur
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 03:16 pm
@ossobuco,
Talking about Roman architecture, Pont du Gard, France:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPpUm1Hozuw/UjaAlBXA6rI/AAAAAAAAHxI/PBZ4FUKTqZ4/s1600/DSC_0382.jpg
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 03:43 pm
The Krämerbrücke is a bridge in the Thuringian city of Erfurt/Germany.
It's one of the only still existing medieval bridges, with houses on it (32).
(At least, it's the only one in Europe north of the Alps.)

The bridge dates from 1156, the houses are from post-1472 (the older houses burnt down a couple of times before).



http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/c_zps7db7f09e.jpg
http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/d_zps8de400bb.jpg
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