The Bridgehunter's Chronicles

BHC Newsflyer: 24 September 2023


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Headlines:

Carlton Street Pedestrian Bridge in Brookline, MA Reopens to Traffic after being Abandoned for 46 Years

Article:  https://brookline.news/photos-ribbon-cutting-at-the-carlton-street-footbridge/

Bridge Info:

http://www.brooklinegreenspace.org/html/Advocacy/carltonStFootbridge.html

 

Magdeburg, Germany to Get Another Elbe River Bridge

Article: https://www.magdeburg.de/B%C3%BCrger-Stadt/Leben-in-Magdeburg/Verkehr/Ersatzneubau-Strombr%C3%BCckenzug/

Bridge Tour

Guide: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/the-bridges-of-magdeburg-germany/ 

 

New Railroad Bridge in Basel, Switzerland

Article: https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/zugverkehr-im-dreiland-neue-bruecke-ueber-die-wiese-40-meter-in-die-tiefe-fuer-mehr-gueter-auf-der-schiene-ld.2514216

Bridge

Info: https://ipu-ing.de/projekte/historische-bruecken-basel

Bridge

Photos: https://brueckenweb.de/2content/datenbank/bruecken/3brueckenblatt.php?bas=7503

 

New Railroad Bridge at Orlik Reservoir in Czechia

Article

(D): https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/item/44092-tschechien-eine-einzigartige-bogenbruecke-wird-die-alte-bruecke-ueber-den-orlice-stausee-ersetzen.html

Bridge Info (EN): https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-steel-railway-bridge-across-the-Orlik-dam-near-Cervena-Czech-Republic_fig1_319654090

 

Isle of Wight Steam Railway Bridge to be Demolished and Replaced

Article: https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/23801022.popular-isle-wight-steam-railway-demolish-historic-bridge/

 

Lawsuit in North Carolina against Google for Misleading Driver to a Collapsed Bridge

Article: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lawsuit-filed-against-google-private-road-owners-after-motorist-misguided-by-dangerously-outdated-google-maps-fatally-crashed-off-north-carolina-bridge-to-nowhere-301933835.html

 

 

Spring Creek Stone Arch Bridge in Cowley Co., Kansas to be Listed on the National Register

Article: https://www.ctnewsonline.com/news/article_63956a3c-52a5-11ee-84cc-978584a9a402.html

Bridge Tour:

https://stonearchbridges.com/stone-arch-bridges-of-cowley-county-kansas/


Plus an update on the Restoration Project of the Schlema Stone Arch Bridge behind the train station, the grand opening of the Wellsburg Arch Bridge, historic bridge in Iowa finds a new home and major rehab project planned for the Fehmarn Arch Bridge in Germany.

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The Bridgehunter's ChroniclesBy Jason Smith