PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE MAPS
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE MAPS Communities everywhere are championing bridges designed for the sole enjoyment of those on foot or on wheels. A genre of their own, pedestrian crossings have influenced …
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STRAUSS MUSEUM
STRAUSS MUSEUM No city is more attentive to its past composers than Vienna, and among the municipal museums the one dedicated to that prototypical Viennese, Johann Strauss the younger …
MICHIGAN AVENUE BRIDGE MAP
MICHIGAN AVENUE BRIDGE MAP This innovative bridge transformed a desolate street into the “Magnificent Mile. ” As part of their expansive 1909 Plan of Chicago, Daniel Burnham, Edward H. …
MILLAU VIADUCT BRIDGE MAP
MILLAU VIADUCT BRIDGE MAP Crossing Tarn Valley, Millau, France Designer/Engineer Foster + Partners Completed 2004 Span 1,148 feet (350 meters) Materials Steel, concrete Type Cable-stayed A span so high …
PONTE VECCHIO BRIDGE MAP
PONTE VECCHIO BRIDGE MAP Crossing Arno River, Florence, Italy Designer Taddeo Gaddi Completed 1345 Length 330 feet (100 meters) Material Masonry Type Arch This picturesque Florentine landmark is an …
LUSITANIA BRIDGE MAP
LUSITANIA BRIDGE MAP Crossing Guadiana River, Merida, Spain Designer/Engineer Santiago Calatrava Completed 1991 Span 620 feet (189 meters) Materials Steel, concrete Type Arch and box girder The arch and …
VITOLS MUSEUM
VITOLS MUSEUM Just as Liszt was accorded a grace and favour home in the Budapest Music Academy for his contribution to Hungarian music, so was Jazeps Vltols, for his …
PONT DU GARD BRIDGE MAP
PONT DU GARD BRIDGE MAP The Pont du Gard stands as testimony to the Roman genius for hydraulic engineeringand construction management. Although the Romans were not the first to …