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I grew up a few miles from this structure: the Joso Bridge. Finished by the Union Pacific company in 1912, it spans the Snake River Valley for a length of 3920' (1195 meters).



This is not nearly as nice a picture as that linked above, but it also shows on the right the Lyons Ferry bridge. It spanned the Columbia River at Vantage, Washington from its construction in 1927 until 1963, when it was disassembled and stored. In 1968 it was reassembled at its current location, replacing the ferry that had carried autos across the river previously.

All this attendant on the river rising some 60+ feet at that time as a result of being dammed. The typo damned is difficult to resist, but that is a story for another day.

by melvin on Wed Dec 28th, 2005 at 09:19:45 PM EST
Jerome, thanks for mentioning the structurae site. It is new to me, and turns out to have very good photos of both the structures I mentioned. (Hotlink to the Joso ones.) Also pictured is the desert in which I live again now; we get less than 11 inches of rainfall annually.
by melvin on Wed Dec 28th, 2005 at 10:14:49 PM EST
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