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- Longest Single Span: 1,200 feet. Engineer(s): Figg & Muller Engineering Group. Completed in 1987, the Sunshine Skyway is the world's longest cable-stayed concrete bridge. It is probably the best known of the several dozen cable-stayed bridges that have been built in the United States since the late 1970s.
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Sunshine Skyway: The Day the Bridge Came Down In 1980, a cargo freighter ran into one of the major bridges over Tampa Bay, collapsing it and killing 35 people. It was the worst shipping accident in Tampa's history. The rebuilt Sunshine Skyway bridge The predawn morning of May 9, 1980, was cloudy and rainy in Tampa Bay, Florida. By 7:30am, the Bay was…
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Why was the London Eye built? The 135 meter (443ft) tall structure was built as part of London's millennium celebrations. The London was opened on New Years Eve 1999,four hours before the millennium and at the time was known at the millennium eye. It was built to mark the start of a new millennium. The London Eye was designed by David Marks and Julia Barfield and built by a company called Mace.
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Mission To provide high quality broadband towers to wireless carriers and government agencies in order to meet their goal of deploying their next-generation wireless networks. Skywayâ€™s goal is to be the premier tower infrastructure provider for the wireless community, offering maximum flexibility and customer service. Skyway has over 480 sites built or under development and is working to expand our wireless broadband tower portfolio across the U.S.
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Channel Tunnel On the French side at Sangatte a deep shaft with adits was made. On the English side at Shakespeare Cliff, the government allowed 250 metres (820 ft) of 4.5-metre (15 ft) diameter tunnel to be driven. The actual tunnel alignment, method of excavation and support were essentially the same as the 1975 attempt.
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Airway (aviation) United States. To guide airmail pilots on their delivery routes, the United States Postal Service constructed the first airways in the United States. These airways were between major cities and identified at night by a series of flashing lights and beacons which pilots flew over in sequence to get from one city to the next.
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- Skyway has been in business since 1952 when the Large family founded the first Skyway Drive - In Restaurant on Rt. 18, Market Street, in Fairlawn. The curbside service hasn't changed since then. Since 1997, Skyway in Green carries on the same tradition of outstanding customer service through well-trained and highly energetic curb staff.
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Airway Heights, Washington Growth in the City was spurred by the opening of the Airway Heights Corrections Center by the Washington State Department of Corrections in 1992 and the opening of the Northern Quest Resort & Casino by the Kalispel Indian Tribe in 2000.
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- Since 2004, Sky Zone, LLC has created and built the world’s first all-walled trampoline playing court – a concept so unique it was awarded United States Patent No. 5,624,122. Sky Zone, LLC currently has over 100 franchises open across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia.
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SkyDome In the press conference announcing the name, Chuck Magwood (president of the Stadium Corporation of Ontario) commented: The sky is a huge part of the whole roof process. The name has a sense of the infinite and that's what this is all about.
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- In 1997, the state legislature passed a bill funding a replacement bridge, and state estimates put the new span at $1.3 billion. The proposal was for a simple skyway, like the San Mateo Bridge. “Just a plain vanilla type of structure,” Ibbs says.
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Things You Didnât Know About The George Washington Bridge The George Washington Bridge Was Going To Have Its Steel Towers Covered In Stone. The George Washington Bridge seen here during construction in 1930, was built from 1927 until 1931. Architect Cass Gilbert intended its towers to be sheathed in stone. Still visible on the towers are the hooks for which the stone was to be attached. Proposed Original Design With Stone Arches.
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- Tyne cyclist and pedestrian tunnels. Tyne Cyclist and Pedestrian Tunnel was Britain's first purpose-built cycling tunnel. It runs under the River Tyne between Howdon and Jarrow, and was opened in 1951, heralded as a contribution to the Festival of Britain.
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- The property is managed by Yale Properties Limited with a management office located in the nearby Skyway Business Park at Attwell Drive and Dixon Road. Yale Properties manages over 4.5 million square feet of office space across Canada.
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- How the Channel Tunnel was Built. The Channel Tunnel is one of the biggest engineering projects ever undertaken in the UK. Taking more than five years to complete, with more than 13,000 workers from England and France collaborating to realise the vision, the tunnel has been named one of the seven wonders of the modern world.
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Sunshine Skyway Bridge It is constructed of steel and concrete. Steel cables clad in 84 9-inch (229 mm) steel tubes (42 per pylon) along the center line of the bridge support the main span. It was designed by the Figg & Muller Engineering Group (who also designed the popular Seven Mile Bridge), and built by the American Bridge Company.
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The Seaway Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway (Highway H2O) Facts. 1  Opened to deep draft navigation in 1959. 2  Lock systems: 3  Vessel maximum: 225.5 m (740 ft.) length; 23.77 m (78 ft.) beam; 8.08 m (26 ft., 6 in.) draft; 35.5 m (116.5 ft.) height above water.  Channels maintained at 8.2 m (27 ft.) minimum depth.
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Guide To Navigating Northbound Pulaski Skyway Shutdown Pulaski Skyway as seen from Chopper 880. The northbound lanes of the span will be closed for a 2-year bridge deck replacement project. (credit: Tom Kaminski/WCBS 880) CLICK to enlarge. The northbound Pulaski Skyway will be closed for a two-year bridge deck rehabilitation project. As a result, about 40,000 drivers will need to be accommodated by alternate travel options each day, including 9,600 during the morning rush hour.
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The Sunshine Skyway Bridge The first SUNSHINE SKYWAY bridge span opened in 1954, the 15 mile long crossing ran from St. Petersburg to Bradenton and had lengthy approach causeways on both sides, leading to a steep cantilever-truss crossing above the Tampa Bay ship channel.
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Grand Canyon Skywalk The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge with a glass walkway in Arizona near the Colorado River on the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the main canyon.
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- Description: The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company. First flown in 1955, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.
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Grand Canyon observation deck reaches dizzying heights Last updated at 17:46 21 March 2007. A whole new way of scaring yourself stupid opened above the Grand Canyon in Arizona yesterday. It's called a Skywalk and a million visitors a year are expected to tread its glass walkway, look down three-quarters of a mile, and feel like they've stepped off the edge of the world.
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- Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its symbolic eastern gateway. The Skyway's completion marked the final link in a system of toll roads stretching from New York City to Chicago. This toll bridge, however, also includes 7.8 miles of approach roads, which hint at an interesting legislative history.
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- Note: Fallingwater. (not Falling Water) Fallingwater, the house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar Kaufmann in southwestern Pennsylvania, hangs over a waterfall using the architectural device known as the cantilever.
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Skyline Drive The first recorded mention of the construction of a Skyline Drive (not the phrase then mentioned) was by William C. Gregg, a member of the Southern Appalachian National Park Committee who suggested the idea of a ridge road to L. Ferdinand Zerkel, a member of the Board of Shenandoah Valley, Inc., during his five-day visit to Skyland.
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- Seattle’s skyline is instantly recognizable when you see this soaring slender structure, built as a showpiece for the 1962 World’s Fair. Seattle’s iconic Space Needle rises 605 feet (184 meters), like a beacon towering over the city. Erected in 1962, this unique building resembles a futuristic flying saucer set on irregular legs.