Bridges

As the image updates that we reported last week have now made it to Google Maps, there's now almost complete coverage of the whole of England, and we've had a ton of great locations submitted. So to kick off we're…

The first pedestrian crossing of London's Thames river in over one hundred years, the Millennium Bridge was conceived as part of the high-profile Millennium Project. Opened on the 10th of June 2000, it was closed again just three days later…

In case you missed it, there was recently a spot of bother over the New Orleans images in Google Earth. Back in August 2005, just after Hurricane Katrina wrecked the city, Google updated Maps and Earth with images of the…

Although in these images it remains unfinished, the most recent image updates have at least allowed us to see what is today, the tallest road bridge in the world - The Millau Viaduct. Constructed by the Eiffage company (better known…

Welcome to the fourth in our irregular series "Keeping Up With The Joneses", where we feature communities around the globe who are trying to to get one-up on their neighbours. The requirement for social acceptance in this South Texan town…

The story goes that when they were building the M62 motorway through northern England, one homeowner refused to sell his property, forcing the motorway to be split either side of his home. The story became ingrained in the history of…