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The 'original unknown' photo of a train passing a drive-in movie theater is 'Hot Shot Eastbound' by O. Winston Link. See http://www.soulcatcherstudio.com/exhibitions/favorites/link_hs.html
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There is a O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, VA. I have not been able to visit it yet, but plan on it soon. http://www.linkmuseum.org/
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Re: "Strange Bridge in Victoria British Columbia" (Canada);
It's actually two counter weighted bridges, not one. The wider of the two carries car and truck traffic across the narrow spot in the harbor, the narrower is for the passenger train.
Once the train passes under the counterweight, it's about another 20 feet to the tiny passenger station and the end of track. There's just enough area to park the self powered rail cars which serve the Vancouver Island.
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The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is in Louisiana not Florida.
Try the Royal Gorge bridge. Walked across it as a kid and it scared the crap out of me. The deck is 1053 feet above the Arkansas River. The Royal Gorge Bridge is still the highest suspension bridge in the world, as well as the bridge with the highest deck-to-surface clearance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gorge_Bridge
DKK
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beautifull and strange bridges, but i'm missing some: the french 'le pont du normandie' and the 'milau viaduct'. The first one is just beautifull, the second one amazing, and shouldn't be missing here i think
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milau_viaduct
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_de_Normandie
(and no, not french myself, but have driven over them and they are astonishing)
keep up the good work!
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Photo number two of the Oresund bridge isn't.
I have no idea what it is.
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The mystery bridge is the Skye bridge connecting the Isle of Skye to mainland Scotland. I believe at one time the most expensive toll bridge in the world (per kilometer).
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Lake Ponchatrain and the causeway are both in Louisiana, not Florida.
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The Mighty 'Humber Bridge', Hull, England :
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/arts/apictureofbritain/images/gallery/england_north/human/4/web/11181816584107563354_1_web.jpg
http://lcjb.cjsonline.gov.uk/area18/images/humber_bridge_pic.jpg
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ahhhhh....
i am so glad you decided to add a large calatrava section this time around. after the first batch of bridges, i was at a loss seeing you didn't include any of his.
...wonderful.
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I believe that photo number 2 of the Oresund bridge is actually the Merrimack/Monitor Memorial Bridge-Tunnel. Google Image it and you get the same picture.
At least Oresund isn't such a mouthful...
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The bridge in Victoria is called the Johnson Street Bridge.
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Mystery Bridge is the Skye Bridge in Scotland connecting the Isle of Skye to the Scottish mainland.
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ive been on that bridge in Albania, me and a few cows :)
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Neat info, thank you
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Great stuff, as usual.
There are spiral bridges in the foothills of the Black Hills in western South Dakota. They're only two lanes, and the roadway spirals out over the side of the mountain to gain altitude. Locally they call them 'pigtails'. I believe at one time there was also a bridge over the Mississippi River in Minnesota that had a spiral at one side, due to a lack of space for a straight ramp down from the bridge proper.
Steve Z
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Very cool places. I have a few more to add to the list.
First, the Confederation Bridge linking the provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island on the East Coast of Canada.
Here's a pic http://www.confederationbridge.com/images/photo_gallery/bridgepe2.jpg
The other is a very unique "bridge" designed to move a boat from one level to another.
http://edsphotoblog.com/wp-content/photos/800px/falkirk_wheel_scotland.jpg
http://www.197aerial.co.uk/falkirk_wheel_a.jpg
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I've ridden in a car, and driven on the Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge located in Japan. It is located on the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture. I used to live not far north of that bridge.
It was truly an amazing sight to be riding along on the bridge and then look down into the valley that you are traveling through. I don't know exactly how far above the ground the bridge is, but it's not for those who fear heights.
My wife and I even traveled into the valley below the Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge as some of the hotels in that area have wonderful onsen, or hot springs.
Thanks for the post. It was wonderfully done, as always
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Im really missing the two bridges in curacao! The "pontjes brug" and the other one. Those are really nice to see aswell!
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does what is the name of the bridge to nowhere in norway? i really want to learn more about that bridge.
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I have been over the Newport Pell Bridge many times. I love it, it is an adrenilan rush because of the step angle that it climbs. I live in Connecticut but own a place in Narragansette Rhode Island so I frequent Newport several times a year. Heading to Newport you also have to cross the Jamestown bridge which is almost identical. Jamestown is a small island in Narrgansette bay. A very unique drive on extremly banked bridges with in a few miles of each other.
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The bridge at the aguille du midi at the Mt Blanc mountain is also pretty scary. http://www.dellyend.com/gallery/images/IMG_1086.jpg
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This is another scary bridge, though I'd prefer to walk across over driving.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/PNG/Oldindex.htm
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Comment on the Russian SF submersed tunnel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLL2sp6iJZI&feature=related
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The second pic of Soaring Bridges of Santiago Calatrava is Alamillo's Bridge by Santiago Calatrava. It was built in Seville (Spain) for the Expo'92. At least is almost a copy:
http://gerardopetersen.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/800px-calatrava_puente_del_alamillo_seville.jpg
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I got to the Turtle Bay photos, thought, "*I* have photos of... oh, wait."
Now I can't even remember when I pointed those out. But thanks for the grin!
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The best roman bridge in France? Sorry, but it is in Alcantara, Spain. It is 194 m (636 feet) long and 71 m (233 feet) tall, and it is still Alcantara's main, and only, road.
See it
here or
here.
Regards.
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I'm surprised neither part has either the
Millau Viaduct or
Forth (Rail) Bridge.
The former is stunning, and the latter is utterly and unashamedly 100%
bridge. Despite the uncompromising design it manages to pull off having both a demanding presence and yet somehow fitting in. A quick look online didn't come up with any particularly good photo's however.
The
old london bridge is worthy of note also.
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We got Millau Viaduct covered
here... thanks for all the suggestions!
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A company I used to help run built the 'spiral' bridge you mention in London. It's in Covent Garden and it joins the main Royal Opera House to some of its rehearsal rooms.
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1. Thanks. A pleasure to see gorgeous pix of interesting bridges.
2. Re: Strange bridge in Victoria, Canada: Johnson Street Bridge.
This is a pair of bascule bridges, a common type of operable bridge. Because it is delicately balanced only a small motor is needed to raise the bridge. Chicago has more operable bridges than any other city; most are bascules. Recently they figured out to hide the counterweight under the bridge approach so it is not visible.
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?blockName=Transportation%2fChicago's+Movable+Bridges%2fI+Want+To&deptMainCategoryOID=-536884516&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Transportation&topChannelName=Dept&contentOID=536936432&Failed_Reason=Invalid+timestamp,+engine+has+been+restarted&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&Failed_Page=%2fwebportal%2fportalContentItemAction.do&context=dept
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That wavery house gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Looks like it was designed by Bloody Stupid Johnson!
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It does look like a Johnson - though I don't see the exploding sundial, a Johnson "Typhoon" ablutorium or a ho-ho...
x)
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The "Sentient" picture by Erlend Mork is a recreation of the famous paint "L'île des morts", by Arnold Böcklin.
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'...smoke "footprint" of civilization...'
It's not smoke. It's condensing water vapor.
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...smoke footprint
It's not just nuclear, either. I'm a pilot, and I've seen the same effect from sugar beet processing plants, wood chip plants, etc.
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My mother actually has that very beer ad hanging in the kitchen!!
And here I thought it was fake...
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I know that building in Paris and have walked by it; even close up, it's way funky. But it's actually not reflective, it's printed that way on the surface!
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I think you'll find that the light bulbs identified as having "piped glass" on the outside are in fact simply colored normal bulbs with silicone (caulking, more or less) applied to them.
Much lighter, less fragile, easier to make (and thus cheaper), and squishy in your hand.
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Sigivald is right. Yuo can make them yourself in ten minutes. They feel great.
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the bug light is from datamncer!
http://www.datamancer.net/miscart/miscart.htm
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datamancer, eh? cool.. i updated the credits
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Nice lighting post, check out my illuminated art work at: illuminatedforest.com
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Hi Avi,
I'm very happy you liked my post about the 3 amazing islands made from garbage. Thank you. :-)
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The Ultimate List of Female Characters in Gaming needs to be tagged NSFW.
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Thanks for heads up..
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many funny ones, but uglyest is surely the nr 4.
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Hard to dicide.. I go for 19
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Picture number three is genetic. I can do it along with many members of my family. Some people find it disgusting, but, also because I can it do, find it funny.
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number 25 gets MY vote. But 44 is a close runner up- and jeez, I'd probably have an expression like that if I wore a dress which was giving me a mammogram all day.
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19!
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The bear's are definitely Burning Man in Nevada.
http://www.burningman.com/
What would make the morphing Soviet leaders gif more interesting would be if the time each face was shown was proportional to the time they ruled...
there's something very peculiar about russian leaders. they alternate baldness. and they are very proud of it. rest assured the person that succeeds putin will not be bald.
That, sir, is a deep and most profound observation ..
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