Old structures have a charm to them. Bridges in particular: they were from times past, took you to places where it was often not easy. And I come from a place where often a river barge crashes into a bridge...
A Buckhead MARTA train station in Atlanta, Georgia is being evacuated due to a suspicious package. More information as story developsUpdate 12:14 p.m. - "MARTA spokeswoman Andrea Coleman said the package was...
The 'North Entrance' on Dover's Western Heights consists of a blocked-off road tunnel and the skeletal remains of two single-lane bridges. Hardly the stuff, one might think, to be worth risking life and limb for...
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Who would be best to open a new bridge in Stirling, Scotland? William Wallace of course, not just one though, but six. Stirling Council made an appeal on their website in March looking for William Wallace’s to open...
Flooded out and tired of waiting: "By ALINA WOLFE MURRAY BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tired of waiting for authorities to replace a bridge swept away last July by floods, Romanian villagers have finally given up — and built their own. The catch: They didn't have a permit....
Just a day after the B.C. Liberal government announced plans to supersize the new Port Mann bridge crossing comes news that the project's private partner is facing major write-downs on its other infrastructure...
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In a clear indication of improving ties with its mighty neighbour and increase business Taiwan is mulling of making a direct link to mainland China. " Taiwan is considering building a bridge linking Kinmen, one of its outlying islands, to Xiamen city in Fujian Province on...
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A 110-year-old bridge in Pakistan's tribal region fell victim to the so-called war on terror when militants blew it up with explosives on Tuesday to halt supplies to Afghanistan-based Nato troops."Supplies to the...
Militants have attacked a tribal area inside Pakistan, destroying a highway bridge used for the passage of NATO supplies to Afghanistan.Militants have destroyed a key 30-meter iron bridge in the Kata Kashta area of the Jamrud Tehsil in Khyber Agency of Pakistan's Federally...
There's a lot of questions being raised about the future of using so-called public-private partnerships to provide major infrastructure projects like the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 expansion. Just yesterday,...
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An explosive devise was found in the American side yesterday ; thousands of border citizens were evacuated.The explosive artifact was found under International bridge number 1, keeping the bridge closed for more...
One person is dead after a bridge collapsed in the Atlanta Botanical Garden; it was a pedestrian bridge, and 18 other people were injured. "The workers were all atop the "canopy walk," an elevated pathway that reaches up to 40 feet high, when it gave way around 9 a.m.,...
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