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  • Thumbnail for Golden Gate Bridge
    Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Wonders of the Modern World, the bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco...
    106 KB (10,266 words) - 14:33, 28 August 2024
  • The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel...
    105 KB (11,170 words) - 23:39, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Bridge on the River Kwai
    The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel and the...
    67 KB (6,520 words) - 10:09, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for London Bridge
    smaller settlement developed at the southern end of the bridge, in the area now known as Southwark. The bridge may have been destroyed along with the town in...
    48 KB (5,440 words) - 16:42, 17 September 2024
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    cross the bridge. The bridge opening was also attended by U.S. president Chester A. Arthur and New York mayor Franklin Edson, who crossed the bridge and...
    243 KB (22,683 words) - 14:58, 17 September 2024
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    and London Bridge. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales on 30 June 1894. The bridge is 940 feet (290 m)...
    75 KB (7,802 words) - 16:38, 17 September 2024
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    anticipated that they would cover the 103 km (64 mi) from their start to the bridge across the Rhine in 48 hours. About 100,000 German soldiers were in the...
    169 KB (23,078 words) - 09:44, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sydney Harbour Bridge
    from the central business district (CBD) to the North Shore. The view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is widely regarded as...
    123 KB (12,063 words) - 11:33, 28 August 2024
  • "Under the Bridge" is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and the eleventh track on their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)...
    57 KB (5,581 words) - 13:47, 13 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for George Washington Bridge
    2019[update], and is the world's only suspension bridge with 14 vehicular lanes. The bridge is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a bi-state...
    174 KB (17,813 words) - 13:41, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Forth Bridge
    Construction of the bridge began in 1882 and it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the Duke of Rothesay, the future Edward VII. The bridge carries the Edinburgh–Aberdeen...
    73 KB (8,433 words) - 21:58, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
    on the upper deck. In 1986, the bridge was unofficially dedicated to former California Governor James Rolph. The bridge has two sections of roughly equal...
    121 KB (13,169 words) - 22:33, 15 September 2024
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    vary depending on factors such as the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, the material used to...
    71 KB (6,946 words) - 02:01, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bridge (nautical)
    spaceship from which the ship can be commanded. When a ship is under way, the bridge is manned by an officer of the watch aided usually by an able seaman acting...
    15 KB (1,668 words) - 14:48, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Suspension bridge
    suspension cables must be anchored at each end of the bridge, since any load applied to the bridge is transformed into tension in these main cables. The...
    43 KB (4,721 words) - 19:06, 12 September 2024
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    that reaches between Midgard (Earth) and Asgard, the realm of the gods. The bridge is attested as Bilröst in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century...
    13 KB (1,463 words) - 03:56, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Øresund Bridge
    The bridge connects the road and rail networks of the Scandinavian Peninsula with those of Central and Western Europe. A data cable also makes the bridge...
    37 KB (3,781 words) - 02:07, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
    Ammann & Whitney, the bridge opened on November 21, 1964. The lower deck opened in 1969 to accommodate increasing traffic loads. The bridge was refurbished...
    217 KB (19,247 words) - 07:54, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mackinac Bridge
    Trail. The bridge connects the city of St. Ignace to the north with the village of Mackinaw City to the south. Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was...
    51 KB (5,096 words) - 04:43, 13 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Crimean Bridge
    23 December 2019 and the first scheduled passenger train crossed the bridge two days later. The bridge was opened for freight trains on 30 June 2020. A record...
    96 KB (8,130 words) - 01:31, 25 August 2024
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