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Flying
Bridges: A Short History of Transporter Bridges
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2772:BBC article on the Bridges of the River Tees
2491:"Puente Colgante - Transbordador de Bizkaia"
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2462:"Transporter Bridge left boats in its wake"
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2079:Puente Transbordador Presidente Sáenz Peña
837:In use, but only as a tourist attraction.
2800:Transporter Bridges on historic postcards
2757:The Friends of Newport Transporter Bridge
2640:"Erlebnisbrücke (Mönchengladbach, 2003)"
2439:for a list of other movable bridge types
1732:in 1909, damaged 1944, demolished 1947.
1580:Small human-powered transporter bridge.
1482:Small human-powered transporter bridge.
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206:Widnes–Runcorn Transporter Bridge
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2782:The World of Transporter bridges
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2460:Lloyd, Chris (12 October 2011).
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2547:. news.bbc.co.uk. 13 May 2002
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1194:Warrington Transporter Bridge
1120:Warrington Transporter Bridge
239:was built in 1906 across the
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117:is slung from a tall span by
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319:List of transporter bridges
87:GPX (secondary coordinates)
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3304:Bridges by structural type
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1381:Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
1307:Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
1061:103.6 m (340 ft)
729:Newport Transporter Bridge
687:196.6 m (645 ft)
655:Newport Transporter Bridge
237:Newport Transporter Bridge
233:Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
231:is disused and the modern
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2006:Nantes Transporter Bridge
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501:66.5 m (218 ft)
409:61.3 m (201 ft)
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3188:Continuous truss bridges
3161:Lists of bridges by size
3098:Lists of bridges by type
2619:www.middlesbrough.gov.uk
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2227:Rouen Transporter Bridge
1639:53.3865889°N 2.6063778°W
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1339:128 m (420 ft)
966:140 m (460 ft)
875:180 m (590 ft)
826:Osten Transporter Bridge
752:Osten Transporter Bridge
592:120 m (390 ft)
495:140 m (460 ft)
403:164 m (538 ft)
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65:Download coordinates as:
2716:Engineering News-Record
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1817:Kiel Transporter Bridge
1460:51.238083°N 6.4745889°E
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878:49 m (161 ft)
790:38 m (125 ft)
784:80 m (260 ft)
690:50 m (160 ft)
498:50 m (160 ft)
406:45 m (148 ft)
128:including one converted
3147:List of bridge–tunnels
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2915:Double-beam drawbridge
2694:Waddell, John (1916),
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1954:43.294184°N 5.363646°E
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1342:15 m (49 ft)
1158:27 m (89 ft)
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2674:University of Toronto
2497:(in European Spanish)
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1008:Rendsburg High Bridge
934:Rendsburg High Bridge
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3198:Masonry arch bridges
3178:Cable-stayed bridges
2567:"Transporter Bridge"
2516:"Transporter Bridge"
2318:Knoxville, Tennessee
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1183:53.38361°N 2.60750°W
1103:Puente Transbordador
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718:51.57056°N 2.98556°W
526:45.91611°N 0.96056°W
434:43.32306°N 3.01694°W
262:Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
189:bridge crossing the
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3125:multi-level bridges
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3294:Spanish inventions
3289:British inventions
3284:1873 introductions
3183:Cantilever bridges
3173:Suspension bridges
3115:cantilever bridges
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3012:Navigable aqueduct
2809:Skyscraperpage.com
2697:Bridge Engineering
2424:Demolished, 1961.
2307:Demolished, 1934.
2221:Demolished, 1935.
2153:Demolished, 1968.
2113:Demolished, 1965.
2073:Demolished, 1958.
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1884:Demolished, 1923.
1811:Demolished, 1909.
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911:54.58444; -1.22778
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634:Aerial Lift Bridge
560:Aerial Lift Bridge
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439:43.32306; -3.01694
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3229:Bridge to nowhere
3130:road–rail bridges
2847:-related articles
2470:The Northern Echo
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2262:Destroyed, 1940.
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649:in 1929, in use.
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278:Duluth, Minnesota
249:Ferdinand Arnodin
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358:Coordinates
167:Portugalete
132:lift bridge
3278:Categories
3034:Suspension
2950:Drawbridge
2920:Extradosed
2895:Cantilever
2880:Burr Truss
2870:Box girder
2726:4 December
2682:1157907052
2649:2019-12-27
2644:Structurae
2625:2021-03-04
2600:2024-01-28
2576:2024-01-28
2551:20 January
2526:2008-10-04
2501:2024-01-28
2475:25 October
2444:References
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2171:43°10′35″W
2168:22°53′46″S
2015:47°12′31″N
1942:43°17′39″N
1829:10°09′43″E
1826:54°19′19″N
1664:Warrington
1648: (
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1357:43°19′23″N
1288: (
1269:58°21′21″W
1266:34°38′17″S
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421:43°19′23″N
257:River Tees
180:automobile
163:Las Arenas
144:Hartlepool
3168:By length
3007:Multi-way
2144:Argentina
2104:Argentina
2018:1°33′57″W
1977:Marseille
1945:5°21′49″E
1728:Moved to
1606:Completed
1505:Chrastava
1488:Hamrštejn
1241:Argentina
1173:2°36′27″W
1170:53°23′1″N
1054:Argentina
987:9°40′56″E
946:Rendsburg
896:1°13′40″W
893:54°35′4″N
805:9°10′58″E
743:Tiger Bay
613:92°5′34″W
516:0°57′38″W
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343:Completed
305:Rendsburg
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241:River Usk
3263:Category
3027:Vlotbrug
2940:Moveable
2545:BBC News
2431:See also
2284:Illinois
2268:Sky Ride
1904:Maarssen
1750:Bordeaux
1600:Location
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1041:Dock Sud
708:2°59′8″W
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3071:Viaduct
3066:Tubular
3056:Trestle
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2965:Rolling
2955:Folding
2945:Bascule
2905:Covered
2401:Runcorn
2280:Chicago
1772:(total)
1767:—
1718:Tunisia
1705:Bizerta
1603:Country
1522:Czechia
1507:, over
1501:Liberec
1424:Germany
1360:3°1′1″W
959:Germany
777:Germany
667:Newport
424:3°1′1″W
355:In Use?
340:Country
245:Newport
176:ferries
152:Glasgow
138:History
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115:gondola
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3046:Timber
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150:, and
123:rivers
3061:Truss
3039:types
2985:Table
2980:Swing
2421:304 m
2304:564 m
2259:142 m
2239:Rouen
2218:171 m
2070:141 m
1997:165 m
1881:128 m
1808:198 m
1770:400 m
1725:109 m
1597:Image
1409:Near
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396:Spain
383:Getxo
334:Image
191:Seine
187:Rouen
119:wires
40:Steel
3017:Pile
2990:Tilt
2935:Moon
2910:Crib
2865:Beam
2860:Arch
2728:2017
2678:OCLC
2553:2009
2477:2011
2418:1905
2335:1894
2301:1933
2256:1898
2215:1915
2148:1915
2108:1913
2067:1903
1994:1905
1924:88 m
1921:1938
1878:1910
1861:Kiel
1805:1894
1722:1898
1684:76 m
1681:1905
1609:Span
1526:2010
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1336:1998
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