The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the most famous and iconic bridges in the United States along with The Golden Gate Bridge. The initial planning of this bridge took place in 1867 when New York State Senate approved a legislation about a New York Bridge Company and the largest suspension bridge project. The construction of the bridge started in 1869 by the designer and chief engineer John Roebling and officially opened for public on May 24‚ 1883. At that time‚ Brooklyn Bridge was considered the longest
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1. Overview Padma Bridge is one of major outstanding infrastructure required for balanced economic development of Bangladesh. It is anticipated that the gross domestic product of the would increase by 2 percent once the bridge was constructed. The bridge‚ which would connect the southwest region with the rest of the country‚ could be used for the trans-Asian route; the minister said adding "The Bridge will help gear up industrialisation in the region too."Environmental impact of the bridge would
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The Golden Gate Bridge (California) The Golden Gate Bridge was named one of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World" by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Golden Gate Bridge was built in 1937 to connect the city of San Francisco to Marin County across the Golden Gate Strait. Chicago (Illinois) Welcome to Chicago‚ America’s third largest city and one of its best tourist destinations! Chicago’s skyline is quite impressive. Indeed‚ the city is famous for its architecture. Atlantic
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nursing‚ I was there to care for people suffering from a variety of health conditions and diseases. While working here I learned the importance of working together to ensure the utmost and most efficient level of care for our residents‚ while appreciating the importance of following the instructions given to us by our senior staff. Many of my residents suffered with dementia and from working with them I discovered I had a natural inclination to help provide reassurance and comfort‚ through communication
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Suspension Of all the bridge types in use today‚ the suspension bridge allows for the longest spans. At first glance the suspension and cable-stayed bridges may look similar‚ but they are quite different. Though suspension bridges are leading long span technology today‚ they are in fact a very old form of bridge. Some primitive examples of suspension bridges use vines and ropes for cables. Typical Span Lengths 70m - 1‚000m+ World’s Longest Akashi Kaikyo Bridge‚ Japan Total Length 3‚911m
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Balls Bridge and Truss Bridges: A Brief Historical Overview Nathan Holth Foreword: I composed this brief and informal overview of truss bridges and Balls Bridge to put this beautiful historic bridge ’s history and significance into context. A version of this document with full-color photos is available on my website ’s Balls Bridge Page located at www.historicbridges.org/ontario/balls/index.htm which also has more information and photos. The general truss bridge information in this document was
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Zhaozhou Bridge The well-known Zhaozhou Bridge‚ also known as Anji Bridge and the Great Stone Bridge‚ was designed and built by a craftsman named Li Chun in the years 595-605 during the Sui Dynasty(A.D 581-618). The bridge is located in the southern part of Hebei Province in China and spans above the Xiao River. It is the world’s oldest and the most well-preserved open-spandrel stone segmental arch bridge. The Zhaozhou Bridge is not only a practical means of transportation but also illustrates
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The Anzac Bridge was first opened in 1995 was designed by Ken Wheeler from the RTA and took 6 years to build by the company Baulderstone Hornibrook. It is cable stayed bridge with a semi fan arrangement of the cables. It was built to replace the Glebe Island Bridge due to the bridge being unable to cope with large amounts of traffic. The Anzac Bridge was designed as a motorway to ease congestion and allow my traffic to flow through the bridge as well as including pedestrian paths and a bicycle path
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Hypothetical Working Agreement Paper Freydia is a 27 year old mother of 2 children ages 6 and 9. She has been using crack cocaine for the last four years. Her children have been removed from her care by Child Protective Services and placed with her mother. Freydia has entered a drug program‚ stating she wants to get her kids back. Achieving this goal will require much work on Freydia’s part. As a clinician‚ I design a working agreement outlining a plan of action and defining each of our roles
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A Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit‚ one leg of which includes the unknown component. Its operation is similar to the original potentiometer. It was invented by Samuel Hunter Christie in 1833 and improved and popularized by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1843. One of the Wheatstone bridge’s initial uses was for the purpose of soils analysis and comparison.[1] -------------------------------------------------
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