We Cross That Bridge When We Come to It (2) Online Quiz | World

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1. Called in English Vizcaya Bridge, this was the world's first 'transporter bridge' when it opened in 1893. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006, in which European country could you use this bridge across the Nervion River?

Answer: Spain

'Puente de Vizcaya' crosses the mouth of the Nervion River in the Biscay province of northern Spain, linking the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas. The perfect combination of beauty and functionality, the bridge permits people to cross the river whilst not disrupting maritime traffic heading in and out of the busy Port of Bilbao.

Designed by Basque engineer Alberto Palacio, a disciple of Gustave Eiffel, this became the first Basque monument on the UNESCO list when it was added in 2006.

2. Originally made only from hemp ropes with a deck of cedar planks when it first opened in 1889, and intrepid souls have been making the 460-foot crossing some 230 feet above the Capilano River ever since. In which country can you make this crossing if you feel brave enough?

Answer: Canada

The original Capilano Suspension Bridge was replaced by a wire cable bridge in 1903 and rebuilt again in 1956. Believe it or not, more than 800,000 visitors annually pay to make what looks like a fairly hair-raising crossing.

Treetops Adventure, located north of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada provides visitors with nature trails, rainforest eco-tours, award-winning gardens and an amazing collection of First Nations totem poles as well as the chance to test the strength of their stomach. North America's first venue of its kind, Treetops Adventure added a new attraction called 'Cliff Walk' in 2011 -- even more scary!?

3. Surely the oldest bridge in our collection, Tarr Steps dates back to around 1,000 B.C. Designated by 'English Heritage' as a Grade I listed building, this 180-foot long 'clapper bridge' crosses the River Barle. In which English national park can you cross Tarr Steps?

Answer: Exmoor

The Tarr Steps are located in western Somerset, within the confines of Exmoor National Park. The name 'clapper bridge' derives from the word 'claperius', meaning "pile of stones" in Medieval Latin.

Quite how such a remarkable structure was built in what was the latter part of the Bronze Age in Britain will remain a mystery. The top slabs weigh between one and two tons. The largest slab is more than eight feet by five feet. The upper layer of slabs stand more than three feet above normal water level. Remarkable!

Half of Tarr Steps was washed away in a 2012 flood but the pieces have since been re-assembled.

4. This spectacular night-time shot shows a cast-iron bridge originally cast at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, home to England's famous Ironbridge. This pedestrian bridge is commonly referred to as Ha'penny Bridge, or sometimes Penny Ha'penny Bridge. Which river through a capital in the British Isles does it span?

Answer: Liffey

Ferries originally carried passengers from one side of Dublin to the other across the River Liffey. The bridge was built in 1816, with the agreement that a halfpenny toll could be charged (later increased to one and a half pennies) for the next 100 years. The charging of tolls for pedestrians ended in 1919. Named the Wellington Bridge, after the Duke of Wellington, when it opened, the name was later officially changed to the Liffey Bridge, but it remained commonly known as Ha'penny Bridge.

Used by an average of around 27,000 pedestrians daily, the bridge was closed for renovation throughout most of 2001.

5. The most famous cantilever bridge, and the one with the longest total length, is the Forth Bridge in Scotland. The pictured bridge, which carries three road lanes, a rail line and a pedestrian walkway into a Canadian provincial capital, has the longest single span of any of the world's cantilever bridges. Which river does it cross?

Answer: St Lawrence River

'Pont de Qu�bec' (Quebec Bridge) crosses the Saint Lawrence River from the city of Levis on the south bank to Sainte-Foy, a western suburb of Quebec City, the capital of the Province of Quebec.

Quebec Bridge has a total length of 3,239 feet with a single span of 1,800 feet, the longest of any cantilever bridge in the world. (The Forth Bridge has two spans of 1,710 feet each.) Opened in December 1919, it took thirty years to build and 88 lives were lost in the process. It originally carried just two rail lines, two pedestrian walkways and a streetcar line. A single road lane was added in 1929 and one of the rail lines was replaced by a second road lane in 1949.

In 1995, Quebec Bridge was designated as a Canadian National Historic Site.

6. The spectacular "Sky Gate Bridge R", which connects Kansai International Airport to the mainland, is the world's longest double-decked truss bridge. Three lanes of road traffic are carried on the upper deck, with two rail lines on the lower level. In which country have you landed if you cross this bridge on the way from the airport?

Answer: Japan

With a total length of just over two miles (12,303 feet), Sky Gate Bridge R became the world's longest double-decked truss bridge when it opened in 1991. The bridge connects Rinku Town (a suburb of the Japanese city of Izumisano) on the mainland with the artificial island in Osaka Bay that was built to house Kansai International Airport. Carrying both road and rail, the bridge provides the only land-based access to the airport island.

The Osaka Prefecture is located at the southern end Japan's largest island, Honshu.

7. Built between 104 and 106 A.D., this magnificent Roman stone arch bridge spans the Tagus River in Alcantara, Spain, near to the Portuguese border. On the archway over the central pier is the motto 'Pontem perpetui mansurum in saecula' ("I have built a bridge which will last forever"). He may just be right, but who was the Spanish-born Roman emperor who ordered the bridge built and for whom it is named?

Answer: Trajan

Also known as Trajan's Bridge at Alcantara, the Alc�ntara Bridge was constructed early in the 2nd century A.D. on the instructions of the Roman emperor, Trajan.

Trajan was born in 53 A.D. in the city of Italica, the ruins of which can be visited today just a few miles north of the modern-day city of Seville in southwestern Spain. (His successor as emperor, Hardian, was also born in Italica, in 76 A.D.). Trajan became the 13th Roman emperor in January 98 A.D. and reigned for almost 20 years before he died of natural causes just before his 64th birthday.

Of the alternatives, Hadrian succeeded Trajan (117-138 AD), Marcus Aurelius was later still (161-180 AD), whilst Vespasian was the 9th emperor (69-79 AD).

8. Built in the latter half of the third century, 'Band-e Kaisar' ("Caesar's Dam") is also known as the Bridge of Valerian. This 1,600-foot long ancient arch bridge, the easternmost of all Roman bridges and dams, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009. It is built of the Karun River, the most effluent and only navigable river in which country?

Answer: Iran

The 450-mile long Karun River rises in the Zagros Mountains before flowing through Khuzestan Province in western Iran and into the Persian Gulf. 'Band-e Kaisar', Iran's first dam bridge, was a Roman-built overflow dam built between 260-270 A.D. in the ancient fortress city of Shushtar.

The bridge itself was built by Roman soldiers captured when the forces of Shah Shapur I defeated the invading army of emperor Valerian.

9. This lovely night time photograph shows the 78-foot high Knaresborough viaduct. This 4-span railway bridge is one of England's most elegant examples of the genre. It spans the River Nidd in which English county?

Answer: North Yorkshire

The historic market town and spa town of Knaresborough stands on the River Nidd, east of Harrogate and north of Wetherby in North Yorkshire.

Mentioned in the 'Doomsday Book' under the name of Chenaresburg, the town was renamed in the 12th century. The town is noted for its Norman castle, once the home of the town constable, Hugh de Morville, leader of the four knights who murdered Thomas Beckett in Canterbury in 1170. It was here that King John distributed the first Maundy Money in 1210.

10. Originally designated as Harbor Bridge, the Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge was eventually named after a long-serving city mayor. Built in the early 1970s, it remained closed for five years after it was completed due to a lack of connecting roads that caused it to be dubbed "The Bridge to Nowhere". The site of the car chase in the classic 1980 film, "The Blues Brothers", in which U.S. city is it located?

Answer: Milwaukee WI

Almost two miles in length, the Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge carries some 20,000 cars daily along the six lanes of interstate highway I-794, 120 feet above the Milwaukee River. The road links downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin with the John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway.

Although the bridge itself was completed in 1972, it did not open to traffic until 1977 and the connections to the rest of Milwaukee's highway network were not completed until 1998.

Although most of "The Blues Brothers" movie was shot in Chicago, the final car chase scene, involving a Ford Pinto being dropped from a helicopter for than a mile up, was shot on what was then the unfinished section of I-794 leading onto Hoan Bridge.

Source: Author EnglishJedi

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