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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2010 21:38:50 GMT
Wow. Where did the rest of it go? You have to tell me the history behind that one, K.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2010 21:50:34 GMT
Once again, it is part of the "old" bridge to Key West. I love that road. (You can see the modern bridge in the background.)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2010 20:17:39 GMT
The is the famous "pont d'Avignon" of musical celebrity. The real name is Pont Saint Bénézet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2010 20:20:47 GMT
It's always so strange seeing all these old bridges just sitting there, half made, half gone.
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Post by spindrift on Jul 1, 2010 10:15:15 GMT
Pictured at Mottisfont Abbey, near Romsey.
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Post by fumobici on Jul 1, 2010 17:28:07 GMT
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Post by spindrift on Jul 4, 2010 10:18:44 GMT
Nice reflections too~
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Post by rikita on Jul 20, 2010 22:10:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2010 5:03:03 GMT
Would that be Portugal again? I think the brick pillars are stunning, but so is the iron work.
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Post by rikita on Jul 21, 2010 7:44:58 GMT
no, that is scotland - edinburgh...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2010 10:23:30 GMT
The viaduc de Garabit (click on photo)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2010 14:17:35 GMT
Just seen the last few, very nice everyone.
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Post by rikita on Jul 21, 2010 21:49:32 GMT
nice picture, kerouac!
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Post by rikita on Jul 21, 2010 21:50:44 GMT
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Post by nycgirl on Oct 7, 2011 7:53:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2011 12:49:31 GMT
I think bridge designers have one of the coolest jobs ever.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2011 12:58:33 GMT
They do, and did you know that engineers who design these bridges have to study years at University in order to know how to do it properly?
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 12, 2011 0:18:42 GMT
Whew -- missed Rikita's when I was traveling & am only now seeing NYCGirl's. I bow to y'all's brilliance.
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Post by Kimby on Oct 13, 2011 19:58:30 GMT
I think bridge designers have one of the coolest jobs ever. The consequences of not doing a good job are a bit daunting, however.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 4, 2012 6:11:14 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2012 6:18:29 GMT
Wow.
Do heavy vehicles still use them? They look as though every part of them is completely original. Nice pics.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 4, 2012 9:01:06 GMT
Trucks and cars have been using the 'new', asphalt road for the last ten years. But motorbikes and ox carts still use them.
They look original because they are original. Cambodia is littered with these remains.
That last, big bridge could be about 800 years old. The material is the same one that was used to build the Angkor temples in the 12th- 13th centuries. The temples were then covered in sandstone, not sure if these bridges ever were.
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Post by bjd on Jan 4, 2012 12:43:57 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2012 15:35:03 GMT
HW, in a way the bridges are almost more impressive than any temple, having received continuous rough use through all those centuries, plus of course weather wear. Is the use of those stone blocks as road dividers common?
Lovely pics, Bjd. Where was the 2nd one taken?
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Post by bjd on Jan 4, 2012 16:10:42 GMT
Mostar, Bosnia. It's called the "crooked bridge" and is a smaller version of the famous destroyed & rebuilt bridge.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2012 16:50:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2012 18:23:05 GMT
They look original because they are original. Cambodia is littered with these remains. That last, big bridge could be about 800 years old. The material is the same one that was used to build the Angkor temples in the 12th- 13th centuries. The temples were then covered in sandstone, not sure if these bridges ever were. I've always loved those old bridges in Cambodia, even the tiny ones, which are hard to notice. I always wonder how proud the builders would feel if they knew that their bridges had lasted 100, 300, 500, 800 years. It's the same for the various Roman bridges in Europe. When I was little, the famous Pont du Gard was still open to road traffic, and it was built in the first half of the first century (before 50 A.D.!) -- of course it must be admitted that the road bridge was only tacked on in 1743, but still!
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Post by onlymark on Jan 4, 2012 18:50:42 GMT
I love bridges, aqueducts, viaducts etc and have suddenly noticed a curiosity that never occurred to me before. It's regarding hwinpp's photos - and the type of construction. These are arched bridges, but corbelled arch not a true arch - and if they were built when they were then they were well behind the times. It seems that if asked "What have the Romans ever done for us?" (Monty Python), the answer would be, "Who?" Corbelled arches were known in the earliest Egyptian pyramids to make some of the spaces/tombs/corridors inside and as FMT could attest, were used extensively in those funny mounds of stuff he so likes poking his nose in around France. But since a couple of centuries BC they generally died out and were replaced by true arches or other constructions. A typical English bridge of the 13th would be - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Dee_Bridge,_Chester.jpg And in Georgia in the 12th Century - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beslet_bridge.JPGOr China 12th century - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lugouqiao2.jpgJust though I'd mention that, that's all.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 6, 2012 1:22:27 GMT
Ha!, Mark, you got it! They didn't know how to build proper arches here! Not on the bridges, not at the temples.
Bixa, those 'dividers' were put on to prevent trucks from using it.
Hmmm, actually no. I just had a look again, they're just dividers. What you can't see are the big rocks they've places at the beginning and end, that's to prevent trucks and cars from using it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2012 12:13:14 GMT
I haven't been in this thread in a long time and see I've missed some very cool pics. HW and BJD,both your sets of pics are fabulous. HW,thank you for taking the time to show us such a detailed montage of that bridge.. Just fascinating the seemingly primitive,non industrial use of rock and bricks,boulders.
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