Search Results for 'bridge'

Open Drawbridge

Here's an open drawbridge in Jacksonville, Florida. Pretty cool, anyone found any more? Thanks: David Fletcher

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Friday, 27th May 2005

Brooklyn Bridge

Opened on May 24 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge to link Manhattan and Brooklyn and is now crossed by an average of 350,000 people a day. Look to the North for an interesting…

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Thursday, 26th May 2005

The Hernando Desoto Bridge

Another super-cool bridge shadow here, belonging to the Hernando Desoto Bridge. Built in 1972 it carries the I-40 across the Mississippi River in Memphis (it's actually right next to the previously posted Memphis Pyramid). Memphis has…

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Friday, 20th May 2005

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Unfortunately this one was too late for entry into our 'Coolest Bridge Shadow' award, but the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would definitely have scored highly with our judges. You can also see an odd image alignment…

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Thursday, 12th May 2005

Bridge Shadow Award

And the nominees for this year's Google Sightseeing 'Coolest Looking Bridge Shadow' Award are as follows… Ironcladlou for the wallet-burning Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York, New York. Punk floyd, Greg Small, Duane Homick, PegO and TZ…

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Monday, 9th May 2005

The Mackinac bridge

The Mackinac bridge (which connects the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan) is the 3rd largest suspension bridge in the world. At five miles in length, it is the third-longest suspension bridge in the world. Seriously,…

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Saturday, 16th April 2005

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