An Abrupt Ending on the Continental Divide Trail I never thought I’d say I was lucky to be hiking in 27°C on day one of the Continental Divide Trail. …
NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY ARCHES From wilderness trail to modern parkway, the historic Natchez Trace has witnessed a colorful procession of humanity over the centuries. Hernando de Soto, Andrew Jackson, …
WHIPPLE BOWSTRING TRUSS BRIDGE MAP Crossing Normans Kill Ravine, Albany, New York Designer/Engineer Squire Whipple Builder Simon DeGraff Completed 1867 Length 110 feet (34 meters) Materials Cast and wrought …
This was not so bad; it provided verification we had taken a wrong turn and just needed to retrace our steps back up the hill. Some of the group …
MILLENNIUM BRIDGE MAP The first horizontal suspension bridge is also the first to cross the Thames in over a century. Presiding over the pantheon of contemporary architects, Norman Foster …
BLOEDEL DONOVAN BRIDGE MAP Darius Kinsey, the Ansel Adams of the logging industry, shot the Pacific Northwest’s wooden bridges. The railroad revolutionized bridge building. By the 1850s, when the …
The Necromanteion sits on a low hill above the agricultural village of Mesopotamos, beside the main highway between Preveza and Igoumenitsa. The Church of St John the Baptist dominates …
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 …