The Bridgehunter's Chronicles

BHC Newsflyer: 02 September 2023


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Remaining span of the Bettendorf Suspension Bridges Falls

Link: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/27/i-74-bridge-demolition-video/70695036007/

Link with updates: https://www.wvik.org/wvik-top-stories/2023-08-25/after-sunday-old-i-74-bridge-will-be-gone

Bridge Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-74_Bridge

And: https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=iowa/i74/

 

Silver Bridge in Arkansas to be Relocated to a City Park as Replacement Project Begins

Article: https://www.4029tv.com/article/historic-mulberry-bridge-to-be-moved-and-replaced/44930625

Bridge Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_River_Bridge_(Pleasant_Hill,_Arkansas)

 

Flooding Threatens Steinbrücke in Schwaz, Tirol, Austria

Article: https://www.t-online.de/tv/wetter/id_100233238/tirol-hochwasser-gefaehrdet-bruecke-in-schwaz-sprengung-droht.html

Steinbrücke Replacement Project (with videos): https://www.schwaz.at/stadtleben/neubau-steinbruecke/bauphasen/

Bridge Info: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinbr%C3%BCcke_(Schwaz)

  

Rosensteinbrücke in Zwickau to be Restored to Former Glory- To be Reincorporated as a Pedestrian Trail

Article: https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/regionales/sachsen/zwickau/bruecke-seit-jahren-einsturzgefaehrdet-nun-soll-sie-saniert-werden-2938152

Bridge Info: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/what-to-do-with-a-hb-rosenstein-brucke-in-oberplanitz-zwickau/

Bridge Tour Guide on Zwickau:  https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/the-bridges-of-zwickau-saxony-germany/

 

The Blue Miracle: Rehab or Replace- The Problem with Dresden’s Bridges

Article 1: https://www.saechsische.de/dresden/verkehr-baustellen-dresden/initiative-fordert-offenlegung-der-zustaende-aller-bruecken-in-dresden-5901616.html

Article 2: https://www.saechsische.de/dresden/verkehr-baustellen-dresden/dresden-prueft-brueckenneubau-als-perspektivischen-ersatz-fuer-das-blaue-wunder-5881655.html

Bridge Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loschwitz_Bridge

 

Pedestrian Bridge in Bowling Green, Kentucky to get a facelift

Article: https://www.wbko.com/2023/08/28/rehabilitation-project-begins-historic-state-street-pedestrian-bridge/

 

And an update on bridgehunter.com’s renovation project plus historicbridge.org is going on hiatus.

 

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The Bridgehunter's ChroniclesBy Jason Smith