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Category Archives: bridges
Ten planning lessons from OKC – America’s newest great city!
The changes/improvements that have taken place in Oklahoma City in the past 16 years (since I last visited) are remarkable and immensely impressive. Here are ten planning lessons from the exciting and entertaining capital of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City has coalesced … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, brewpubs, bridges, business, Cars, charities, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, family, fitness, Food, food systems, food trucks, fun, gentrification, geography, government, health, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, marketing, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, rivers/watersheds, shopping, skylines, skyscrapers, social equity, spatial design, sports, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, water trails, zoning
Tagged canoeing, cities, inclusiveness, kayaking, miniature golf, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Olympic trails, olympic training, planning, Scissortailed Flycatcher, Skydance, surfing
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The longest bike and/or footbridges in the USA or Canada
The following working list identifies the longest bicycle and pedestrian bridges in the United States and Canada based on the length (in feet) of their main span. A separate list of bridges that may be long enough to join this … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, bridges, Canada, cities, entertainment, fitness, fun, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, States, Statistics, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged bicycle bridges, bike bridges, biking, bridges, footbridges, hiking, non-motorized recreation, non-motorized transportation, pedestrian bridges, trails, walking
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Amazing offshore urban expressways – pluses & minuses
A trend in arterial roadway building, especially in highly urbanized areas and locations of rough terrain, has been to construct expressways offshore, which largely parallel the coastline. There are several reasons for choosing these locations for highway construction, which include: … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, bridges, Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, environment, geography, Highway displacement, highways, infrastructure, Maps, nature, pictures, planning, product design, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, topography, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, Wildlife
Tagged bridges, cities, coastlines, commerce, congestion, expressways, highways, motorways, traffic, transportation, travel, urban
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Working list of wildlife overpasses, ecoducts, and grünbrücken
The following working list identifies wildlife overpasses, bridges, and ecoducts built across roadways, railways, canals, and highways around the globe. Other synonyms used to describe these structures include, but are not limited to: Animal bridges Eco-bridges Ecoducts Eco-links (in Singapore) … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Animal rights, Animals, architecture, art, Asia, bridges, Canada, Cars, China, civics, climate change, ecosystems, environment, Europe, geography, Highway displacement, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, nature, North America, Oceania, pictures, planning, product design, rail, Railroads, South America, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, UK, urban planning, Wildlife
Tagged animal bridges, animals, bridges, eco-bridges, eco-links, ecoducts, ecopont, ecosystems, fauna bridges, Grünbrücke, green bridges, land bridges, nature, nature bridges, overcrossings, rope bridges, wildlife, wildlife overpasses
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The great Iowa landmark foot/bike bridge competition
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, in the State of Iowa, there appears to be a friendly flattery competition going on between cities in the Hawkeye State to construct the most iconic foot or bicycle … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, bridges, cities, civics, commerce, downtown, economic development, geography, health, hiking, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, recreation, Statistics, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged biking, bridges, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Charles City, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, footbridges, hiking, Iowa, pedestrian bridges, Sioux City, walking, West Des Moines
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Successful placemaking with an iconic new foot/bike bridge
It’s not often that communities have a chance to create something new that is truly iconic which also has the chance to become the very symbol of the community. The fact that doing so can also be a placemaking opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, branding, bridges, cities, civics, culture, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, government, health, hiking, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, rivers/watersheds, skylines, Statistics, technology, third places, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking
Tagged Amsterdam, biking, bridges, cities, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Dublin Ohio, footbridges, Great Plains, Greenville, Milwaukee, multi-purpose trails, Oklahoma City, Omaha, pedestrian, pueblo, Redding, walking, Wichita
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World’s longest footbridges by main span length – UPDATE 2
Below is a ranking of the longest bridges specifically built for pedestrians (and in some cases also for bicycles). Not included, are those bridges that were converted from another use such as a railroad or roadway. Please note that some … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, bicycling, Biking, bridges, geography, hiking, history, infrastructure, planning, product design, Statistics, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged bridges, construction, engineering, footbridges, spans
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Ranking the longest cable-stayed bridge for each state
Below are the rankings of the longest cable-stayed bridge in each state as measured by the main span(s) of the bridge, as of March 6. 2021. Ties are included, so some states may appear more than once as a … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, bridges, cities, economic development, geography, highways, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, planning, shipping, spatial design, States, Statistics, traffic, transportation, Travel
Tagged bridges, cable-stayed bridges, construction, engineering
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Longest state segments of three-digit Interstate Highways
RANKINGS (As of 02/24/21 – Minimum of 40 miles in length) Interstate 476 – Pennsylvania = 129.61 miles Interstate 495 – Massachusetts = 121.56 miles Interstate 135 – Kansas = 95.74 miles Interstate 196 – Michigan = 80.65 miles Interstate … Continue reading
Posted in bridges, Cars, cities, commerce, geography, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, planning, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel
Tagged expressways, freeways, highways, Interstate Highways, roads, transportation
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Shortest state segments of three-digit Interstate Highways
As a follow-up to the previous post on the shortest state segments of one and two-digit Interstate Highways, here is a list of the shortest state segments of three-digit Interstate Highways. RANKINGS (Based on current mileage as of 2/19/21) … Continue reading
Posted in bridges, Cars, cities, commerce, geography, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, planning, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged expressways, freeways, highways, Interstate Highways, Interstates, transportation
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