Bridges

Venice

This is the beautiful Venice, city of canals. Venice is built on more than a hundred islands in a shallow lagoon, with the canals serving the function of roads - every form of transport is on water or on foot.…

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Thursday, 30th June 2005

Shing Mun Tunnel

And for my final post today from Hong Kong, check out this exposed section of the Shing Mun Tunnel in Shatin. This tunnel links between the eastern and western part of the New Territorries, which are separated by mountains. How…

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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge

We have no idea where exactly this is (lack of map data makes it a little tricky to work out), but check out the totally cool bridge somewhere in Brazil! Best shadow yet I think. If anyone knows what and…

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Friday, 24th June 2005

Forth Bridges

As the Google Sightseeing team is based in Edinburgh, this was one of the first places we looked when we found out about Google Maps' new satellite images. Disappointingly however, they seem to have missed most of Edinburgh when they…

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Wednesday, 22nd June 2005

Hojack Swing Bridge

This is the Hojack Swing Bridge on the Genesee River near Lake Ontario, which is slated for destruction. Seems a shame, 'cos it looks pretty cool from up here. Scott Ventura says: There's a movement afoot to save the bridge…

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Monday, 13th June 2005

Double Drawbridge

Here's a rather nice double drawbridge near the Fort Lauderdale Beach in Florida. The road itself is Sunrise Boulevard (hehe, we don't have boulevards over here) which sounds like a fake road name if you ask me 😉 Thanks: Thomas…

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Friday, 10th June 2005

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