Bridges

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Unfortunately this one was too late for entry into our 'Coolest Bridge Shadow' award, but the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would definitely have scored highly with our judges. You can also see an odd image alignment at Yerba Buena Island,…

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Thursday, 12th May 2005

Bridge Shadow Award

And the nominees for this year's Google Sightseeing 'Coolest Looking Bridge Shadow' Award are as follows… Ironcladlou for the wallet-burning Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York, New York. Punk floyd, Greg Small, Duane Homick, PegO and TZ for the fantastic Ambassador…

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Monday, 9th May 2005

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

Following on from my previous post, I'd like to proudly present the world's longest bridge. Yes it's true, no bridge in the entire world is any longer (check for yourself at the Guinness World Records site). At a staggering 23…

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Saturday, 16th April 2005

The Mackinac bridge

The Mackinac bridge (which connects the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan) is the 3rd largest suspension bridge in the world. At five miles in length, it is the third-longest suspension bridge in the world. Seriously, check it out... it's…

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Saturday, 16th April 2005

The Golden Gate

San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge. Looks like a nice day.

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Thursday, 7th April 2005

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