Below is a video where you can see 5 minutes of great buildings, amazing skylines, beautiful bridges and other architectural feats. Read the rest of this entry »
The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River, connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn (on Long Island). Upon completion, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, the first steel-wire suspension bridge, and the first bridge to connect to Long Island. Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in an 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since its opening, it has become an iconic part of the New York skyline. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
The construction of the Cooper River Bridge was a design/build project to replace two old bridges in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and Charleston The new bridge, which opened in July 2005 connects two major municipal areas and offers eight lanes for traffic plus a pedestrian/bike lane. The bridge measures 2.5 miles in length and has increased vertical and horizontal navigational clearance over its predecessors to reduce hindrance to river traffic (road deck is 200ft above the average high tide mark).
The Port of Charleston, the second largest container cargo port on the East Coast, has significant economical impact through the large number of jobs, income and tax revenue it produces. This project has enhanced national and international shipping accessibility to the Port.
The Cooper River Bridge cost approximately $632m. It was funded partly through an approved direct Federal TIFIA loan of up to $215m. The loan repayment source is a subordinate pledge of SCTIB revenues. These primarily consist of existing truck registration fees and loan repayments to the SCTIB.
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Manukau Harbour Bridge Auckland, New Zealand.
The Manukau Harbour Bridge is a new 48 km long bridge fromAukland, New Zealand. The goal of the project is to relieve congestion through Auckland, to make travel times shorter and more predictable and allow more room for bus lanes.
The aims are:
To improve efficiency and safety, and to reduce congestion on this part of the SH20 motorway
To increase capacity for vehicles travelling across Manukau Harbour
To improve access between the south-western Motorway and Onehunga to Pakuranga arterial route.
The construction will begin in 2008 and the contractor has not appointed yet. Read the rest of this entry »