Another postcard view of the proposed international bridge. This one is more of a sketch than the last one which was a colourized version of this drawing. A neat view, and a postcard version I’ve never seen before.
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It sure would have beena nice looking bridge. Much better than what was built (damn Depression!)and much better than than the DRIC bridge is going to look like.
If social critics like James Howard Kunstler, Dmitry Orlov and Richard Heinberg are correct, we'll be doing a lot less driving and a lot more walking in the near future as high energy prices and climate change alter every part of our daily lives and the geography of every town and city in North America. Why are we spending money on a new bridge and access highways that will be obsolete in the near future?
George I'm quite a Kunstler fan myself. I that we will be doing a lot less driving in the future.
Often I wonder why we keep headed in the direction we are.
The Ambdsssador Bridge design or constuction was not affected by the depression, the bridge was opened just before or just after the depression started.
Steampunk?
Was the designer of this the same who designed the Manhatten Bridge? They are remakably similar.
Aaron, although similar, the Manhattan Bridge was designed by Leon Moisseiff, who was a highly influential bridge designer in the 1920s-30s, and, as far as I can see, he didn't have any direct hand in designing the old girl. He did inspire the designer of the Golden Gate Bridge among others, so the people who designed our bridge probably saw what he did, and applied it to what we see here as a concept. Perhaps this was the "fully-loaded" option?
The designer of the Ambassador Bridge (McClintic-Marshall Company) also designed the George Washington Bridge in New York. No matter the designer, they sure knew how to make them back then, huh? I miss the old black paint scheme. Made the bridge look very imposing and monumental. Now, with the teal paint scheme, you can see every little paint chip and stain...
How come manhattan bridge can have rail that isn't at grade but we can't?
1.Bridges over the East River don't have to be as high as those over the Detroit River due to the nature of shipping traffic.
2. Subway transit trains can handle steeper grades than freight trains.
Thank you for clearing that up Joe, I was wondering the same thing.