![How Workers Built the George Washington Bridge Across the Hudson in Four Years - YouTube [45:20]](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi_webp%2FQVfcpykIqik%2Fhqdefault.webp?width=92&height=&ar=&mode=&dpr=2)
How Workers Built the George Washington Bridge Across the Hudson in Four Years - YouTube [45:20]
206 likes, 8 comments. "How Workers Built the George Washington Bri...
![The Men Who Built Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Before Anyone Believed Wire Could Hold a Train [36:51]](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FMs4tSQ3a73o%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg?width=92&height=&ar=&mode=&dpr=2)
The Men Who Built Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Before Anyone Believed Wire Could Hold a Train [36:51]
John Augustus Roebling completed the world's first working railway suspension bridge over the Niagara Gorge in 1855, relying on the anonymous and dangerous labor of working-class crews who strung wire across the chasm before society believed it could hold a train. The bridge is gone, the towers remain.
Take note: These 12 US bridges are road trip worth it! - The American Facts
Take note: These 12 US bridges are road trip worth it! - The American Facts
![Pontoon Bridge assembly -- Imagine if we had this capability during WWII. [0:47]](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Famplify_video_thumb%2F1990565361419169793%2Fimg%2FbGykGvLdh30tWnGD.jpg%3Alarge?width=92&height=&ar=&mode=&dpr=2)
Pontoon Bridge assembly -- Imagine if we had this capability during WWII. [0:47]
![Horrified Onlookers Realize Bridge Is Rising With Woman Still On It - YouTube [19:17]](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrqNmfQdJ_3s%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg?width=92&height=&ar=&mode=&dpr=2)
Horrified Onlookers Realize Bridge Is Rising With Woman Still On It - YouTube [19:17]
Royal Park Bridge West Palm Beach, Florida, Carol Wright,72, bicyclist, Feb 6, 2022, fell about 50ft to her death from 10 feet past barrier into the gap at bottom of bridge. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/carol-wright-drawbridge-death-west-palm-beach-b2017298.html (needs a safety net below opening)
Record-Setting Bridges Across the Globe - Bridge Masters
The tallest, the most photographed, and the most trafficked. Let's take a look at some record-breaking bridges across the world.
Steel barrier coming to protect Lyndon covered bridge
The Miller’s Run Bridge in Lyndon is a target for trucks that simply don’t fit. Despite the signs, drivers keep going and damage a piece of history.
Startup enables 100-year bridges with corrosion-resistant steel | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Note article is reporting on and comparing service of the road surface life of the bridge.
A woman oversaw the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. — History Facts
The Brooklyn Bridge was an incredible feat of engineering for its day, but it was a nightmare to build. It took from 1869 to 1883 to complete — a whopping 14 years — and the project was mired by political corruption. At least 20 workers died during construction, including John Augustus Roebling, the bridge’s chief engineer. His son Washington Roebling, who helped his father design the bridge, took over the project. But after spending 12 hours inside a compressed chamber while working underwater, Roebling developed decompression sickness, better known as “the bends,” severely and permanently affecting his health. On paper, he continued overseeing the project until the finish line, but in reality it was his wife, Emily Warren Roebling, who got the job done. Emily started out as a liaison between the bridge crew and her husband, but she had a good mind ...Read More