This is the thirteenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
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Great American Infrastructure: Redridge Steel Dam
Monday, January 16th, 2012Great American Infrastructure: The Sundial Bridge, Redding, CA
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
This is the twelfth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: Grand Coulee Dam
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
This is the eleventh in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
What: The Grand Coulee Dam, located in Washington State and the largest hydro-power producer in the United States, is one of the top ten largest producers of electricity in the world.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
This is the tenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel, the highest vehicular tunnel in the world, lies entirely within the Arapaho National Fores…During construction approximately 1 million cubic yards of material was cleared from each bore. 190,000 cubic yards of concrete was used for each tunnel lining.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
This is the ninth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge, know as The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is a major dual-span bridge and was the world’s longest continuous over-water, steel bridge at the time of its opening in 1952. When: Construction […]
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: The New River Gorge Bridge
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
This is the eighth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The New River Gorge Bridge, the world’s longest spanning, steel single-arch bridge. When: Construction was complete on the bridge on October 22, 1977. Why: The New River Gorge Bridge reduced a 40-minute drive down narrow mountain roads and […]
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: The Delaware Aqueduct Tunnel
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
This is the seventh in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
The Delaware Aqueduct, the world’s largest contiguous tunnel, runs from the Wawarsing, NY and Neversink, NY in the Catskill Mountains, to New York City.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: The Transcontinental Railroad
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
This is the sixth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: The Brooklyn Bridge
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
This is the fifth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: The Interstate Highway System
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
This is the fourth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
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