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Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
May 12, 2016 - 03:04pm PT

The Demidov Bridge, St Petersburg



The bridge got its name from the surname of the known Russian powers Demidovs. It connects two parts of the former Demidov street (today Grivtzov street), named so because Demidov family owned a large section of land nearby. Initially it was planned to name the bridge Bank Bridge, but this name was already taken.

In the beginning of the 18th century, at the location of the modern Demidov Bridge, there existed wooden bridge, named Saarsky bridge, since it was on the road to Tsarskoe Selo.

In 1834-1835 the single-span arched cast iron bridge was constructed by the project of the engineers E.A. Adam and Pierre-Dominique Bazaine. The arched span of the bridge consisted of 91 cast iron boxes, which were fastened by the bolts. Bridge supports were made from stone, coated by granite.

The casting of the bridge railings has high artistic value. Their ornament has a form of palmettes (artistic motif based on the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree). Bridge entrance features floor lamps. In 1954-1955 the restoration project took place under supervision of architect A.L. Rotach. The lost lamps, poles and railing fragments were replaced.
Several houses near the bridge have special memorial plaques on their facades, noting the level of the water during the catastrophic flooding on November 7, 1824, described by Pushkin in the Bronze Horseman poem.

Wikipedia

The Bronze Horseman: http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/pushkin/bronze_horseman.html

The beginning of the poem:

INTRODUCTION

The incident, described in this story is based on a truth.
The details of the flood are taken from the contemporary magazines.
The curious ones can consult the record, prepared by V. I. Berkh.


PROLOGUE

On a deserted, wave-swept shore,
He stood – in his mind great thoughts grow –
And gazed afar. The northern river
Sped on its wide course him before;
One humble skiff cut the waves’ silver.
On banks of mosses and wet grass
Black huts were dotted there by chance –
The miserable Finn’s abode;
The wood unknown to the rays
Of the dull sun, by clouds stowed,
Hummed all around. And he thought so:
‘The Swede from here will be frightened;
Here a great city will be wrought
To spite our neighborhood conceited.
From here by Nature we’re destined
To cut a door to Europe wide,
To step with a strong foot by waters.
Here, by the new for them sea-paths,
Ships of all flags will come to us –
And on all seas our great feast opens.’

An age passed, and the young stronghold,
The charm and sight of northern nations,
From the woods’ dark and marshes’ cold,
Rose the proud one and precious.
Where once the Finnish fisherman,
Sad stepson of the World, alone,
By low riverbanks’ a sand,
Cast into waters, never known,
His ancient net, now on the place,
Along the full of people banks,
Cluster the tall and graceful masses
Of castles and palaces; and sails
Hasten in throng to the rich quays
From all the lands our planet masters;
The Neva-river’s dressed with rocks;
Bridges hang o’er the waters proud;
Abundantly her isles are covered
With dark-green gardens’ gorgeous locks…

By the new capital, the younger,
Old Moscow’s eclipsed at once -
Such is eclipsed a queen-dowager
By a new queen when her time comes.
I love you, Peter’s great creation,
I love your view of stern and grace,
The Neva wave’s regal procession,
The grayish granite – her bank’s dress,
The airy iron-casting fences,
The gentle transparent twilight,
The moonless gleam of your nights restless,
When I so easy read and write
Without a lamp in my room lone,
And seen is each huge buildings’ stone
Of the left streets, and is so bright
The Admiralty spire’s flight,
And when, not letting the night’s darkness
To reach the golden heaven’s height,
The dawn after the sunset hastens –
And a half-hour’s for the night.
I love your so sever winter’s
Quite still and fresh air and strong frost,
The sleighs race on the shores river’s,
The girls – each brighter than a rose,
The gleam and hum of the balls’ dances,
And, on the bachelors’ free feast,
The hissing of the foaming glasses
And the punch’s bluish flaming mist.
I love the warlike animation
Of the play-fields of the god Mars,
And horse-and-footmen priests’ of wars
So homogeneous attraction,
In their ranks, in the rhythmic moves,
Those flags, victories and rended,
The glitter of those helmets, splendid,
Shot through in military strives.
I love, O capital my fairest,
Your stronghold guns’ thunder and smoke,
In moments when the northern empress
Adds brunches to the regal oak
Or Russia lauds a winning stroke
To any new and daring foe,
Or, breaking up the light-blue ice,
The Neva streams it and exults,
Scenting the end of cold and snow.

City of Peter, just you shine
And stand unshakable as Russia!
May make a peace with beauty, thine,
The conquered nature’s casual rushes;
And let the Finnish waves forget
Their ancient bondages and malice
And not disturb with their hate senseless
The endless sleep of Peter, great!

The awful period was that,
It’s fresh in our recollection…
This time about, my dear friend,
I am beginning my narration.
My story will be very sad.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
May 18, 2016 - 12:22am PT
And miles to go before I sleep.

Old highway bridge on Miles Creek. North side of Hwy 140, Mariposa County.

This creek is a hoot to watch fill up when there is a cloudburst followed by snow-melt from higher up. It gains velocity coming down this grade.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
May 18, 2016 - 06:30am PT
UM

You do know Whats Coming Soon to a Thread You Love Too

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THANK YOU, SURVIVALYou are no turkey Neither.





& because the OP has put in a lot of Effort



couchmaster, climber, Topic Author's Reply - May 16, 2016 - 08:25pm PT


Avery -Mt Kirchner, Grand Central Couloir: All Comers Welcome
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2546798/Mt-Kitchener-Grand-Central-Couloir-All-Comers-Welcome

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Avery** - Should Thread Initiators be Acknowledged?
http://web.archive.org/web/20160516041435/http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2813032&tn=0&mr=0
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Avery** - Mt Alberta, North Face: First Six Ascents
http://web.archive.org/web/20150307052052/http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2506731/Mt-Alberta-North-Face-First-Six-Ascents


Avery - Mt Robson, Emperor Face: All Known Ascents
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2542526/Mt-Robson-Emperor-Face-All-Known-Ascents

Ksolem - Prince is gone
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2801692&msg=2801698#msg2801698
Really, we need to applaud Kris (OR PAY HIM, either way) for pulling down this thread as there were 5 going all on the front page. Ironically, isn't he in the music business and most knowledgeable on this ? I worked with a guy who was playing in a band that broke up when 3 of the band members (not my co-worker) were hired by Prince to play with him.

Dtails: For Sale Great Big Wall Sleeping Bag $60
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2799411/For-Sale-Great-Big-Wall-Sleeping-Bag-60

F’ueco - Universal Belay Standard
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2797496&tn=0&mr=0

Mister E - Black Diamond Issues Massive Recall on ‘Biners & Slings
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2792129&msg=2792167#msg2792167

johnr9q - Climbng Training: Just Climbing or Weights & Climbing
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2775611&msg=2775653#msg2775653

klass7 - Add bolts to Snake Dike? What do you think?
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2771825&tn=0&mr=0

Sioux Juan - good by ! http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2760778&tn=0&mr=0

Locker - HAPPY BIRTHDAY COSMIC!!!...
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2033818&tn=0&mr=0

Happigrrrl2 - TGT- PLEASE Delete the “Ironic” Thread
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2741166&tn=0&mr=0

Locker - HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ONE AND ALL!!!... OT..
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2738813/HAPPY-HOLIDAYS-TO-ONE-AND-ALL-OT

Philo - Jazz great Brubeck dies at 92. RIP great one.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2731407&msg=2731408#msg2731408

The Wolf - “Eric Kohler is missing. Please help.”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2725856/Eric-Kohler-is-missing-Please-help

Followup mystery solved needed a new thread: http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2730697/Why-delete-the-thread-about-missing-Eric-Kohler

Moosedrool - “SuperTopo Friendships.”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2727071&tn=0&mr=0

elcap-pics - “ElCap Report 10/9/15”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2700200&msg=2700374#msg2700374

Patrick Sawyer - “Life is too short to piss people off”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2697702&msg=2697710#msg2697710

Bob D’A -”Ten Gunned Down in Oregon”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2694822&tn=0&mr=0

Moosedrool - “Ban Climbing Related Topics!!!”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2694120&tn=0&mr=0

Prezwoodz- “Bolt Chopping Question”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1397810&tn=0&mr=0

pn - “Climbing magazine refuses to pay photographer”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2687292&tn=0&mr=0

Jody - "Hope you Idiots are Happy"
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2680213&tn=0&mr=0

The Chief - “Blackman Executes White Sheriff. Where’s the Rioting & Fires”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2678428&tn=0&mr=0

Vera Kaikobad - "URGENT - Roland C. Arsons : Missing Climber/ Paraglider"
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2675629&msg=2675793#msg2675793

Dave Kos - “Hey CMac, Wendell is a disgusting racist”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2658764&tn=0#msg2658767

Patrick Sawyer - Dementia
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2644083&msg=2644091#msg2644091

Randisi - All I need is the air that I breath, In China, part 2
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2630701&tn=0&mr=0

QITTNL- Posts per day limit
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2581007&tn=0&mr=0

Skeptimistic - ISIS
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2470481&tn=0&mr=0
Charlie B. - Dawn Wall A0! 5.14! http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2560312&tn=0&mr=0

The Larry - “Anita514 appreciation thread” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2453945&tn=0&mr=0

Largo - “Homeless Girl” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2538646&tn=0&mr=0

Avery - “Zenith 1980” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2501714&msg=2501738#msg2501738
Which was quite capably resurrected here by J-Tree here:http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2510131&msg=2510178#msg2510178

Avery - “Do you remember Roger Ramjet?” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2509518&msg=2509520#msg2509520

Which was later revived by Norwegian here as remember roger ramjet:: http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2509532&msg=2509534#msg2509534

Stewart Johnson - “Supertopo A distinct lack of lass” - http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2422036&tn=0&mr=0

Lolli - “Men are emotional cowards” - http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2508111&tn=0&mr=0
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Avery** - "Supertopo and Bullying" - http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2487984&tn=0&mr=0

Ron Anderson/Rdog - "Crabs in my pants again, what do I do": http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2487679&tn=0#msg2487685

Jonnyrig - “one for the anti-gun crowd” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2485587&msg=2485592#msg2485592

locker X 10-15 - some threads...he says.

W.L - “Eastside Attorney Suggestions?” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2476190&msg=2476269#msg2476269

Avery - “Cerro Torre, Bolt Removal: Yes or No!” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2474964&tn=40#msg2475671

Homicidal - “Looking for outdoor adventure partners in Dago County…”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2458644&msg=2458648#msg2458648

Ed Hartouni - “Proposed “wach-a-mole” Forum member posse“
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2453641&tn=0&mr=0

onrockandice - “Well. We all all need a soft catch once in a while...”
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2435819&tn=0&mr=0

Ron Anderson/Rdog - Cali SNOBS? http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2446986&tn=0&mr=0

Ed Hartouni - “Best first ascent style - an old debate” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2432877&tn=0&mr=0

Moosedrool - “Boob Thread” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2060384&msg=2133871&tn=0&mr=0
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Avery** - "Goodbye from me!" http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2412131&tn=0&mr=0

FAKE (not the real) Dr (probably was a Physician's assistantl). F - “I admit it. I'm fat.” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2422346&msg=2422359#msg2422359

Ron Anderson/Rdog - “Remember my Ebay” thread~~http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2414511&tn=0&mr=0

Dave T. - trip report deleted “My 34 day solo FA on Escula” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2372417&tn=0&mr=0

Patrick Sawyer - some “political bullshet hate thread” http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2370071&tn=0&mr=0

Somebody deleted (not thebravecowboy as originally attributed) - Duck Dynasty http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2298933&tn=0&mr=0

Locker - Butt Hurt thread http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2294733&tn=0&mr=0

Survival - Bad names to use or something like that. http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2283772&tn=0&mr=0

Billygoat - Joe Kinder/Ethan Pringle tree incident???
Ron Anderson/Rdog - Forest and Fuels
Ron Anderson/Rdog - Just got a malware warning off the Norton thread!
Largo -10 commandments in Ebonics
Brandon - My boss is a racist
Brandon - Why Occupiers are as#@&%es thread.
Mountainlion - What is a worthy cause? AKA why don’t you bastards send me some bolts?
Bluering - deleted his "Haters" thread.
BooYah - When men were men - discuss.
Coz - Deleted his “BD Countdown Clock” calling out Peter Metcalf. - this is the 2nd deleted thread, had it been his first he would get a pass. We are passing on the pass now due to multiple instances.
Cragman - Dean, deleted the "Another dictator dead....Muammar Qaddafi" thread
Crazy Horse - Southern yosemite thread
Jody - Obama thread.
Footloose - Mystery What's going on here?
Happiegrrl - petition to bring t*r back thread
iannonymous = EE questions, Expert replies appreciated.
Locker - Philo got Deactivated.
Lolli - eveything.
Mighty Hiker - Squamish in the 70’s, Chief Gondola, others.
Norton - Republicans are wrong thread
Part-time communist -any hot guys around here? thread
Patrick Sawyer - Owned up, not sure what it was about.
Philo - Deleted the “I’ll never post on Supertopo again cause Russ is a meany. “
Prod - Recent gun sales?
Pud = Occupy protesters need to move on thread
Norwegian - Gun owners piss me off.
Seth Jackson = deleted his Wings of Steel money raiser thread.
Squishy -Aid gear sale, D5 hammer (for too much money) sale
Tooth - want’s to be on list for some thread he claims to have deleted.
Tony Bird - a serious matter
t*r - bunch of them, too many to list.
Yosemite 5.9 - Paul Ryan claims to have climbed X 14,000 foot high Colo. peaks. (speculation, not confirmed as it may have been the CIA that deleted it)
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
May 18, 2016 - 01:16pm PT
as a way of ameliorating, the last postthen the Big Kahuna, under construction`it is hard to get pics on a family outing stopping with no shoulder getting out of the car with Trucks & cars whizzing by, so I tried to take these while moving
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
May 18, 2016 - 04:27pm PT

On the MID Main Canal at sun-up.

Fresh Merced River water, good to the last swallow.
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Jun 2, 2016 - 06:33pm PT







Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Jun 2, 2016 - 07:46pm PT
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Jun 3, 2016 - 09:34am PT
( best part of this shot: Oregon, in my rear-view mirror )
WyoRockMan

climber
Grizzlyville, WY
Jun 3, 2016 - 09:42am PT

Cool, no longer there bridge.
sween345

climber
back east
Jun 3, 2016 - 03:22pm PT
Dingus,

Your Bridge On a Bridge is what is known as a Bailey bridge. It originated as a light and fast way for the military to set up river crossings.

We erected one as a Bridge In a Bridge in Sing Sing Prison, of all places. Basically there is a small. old bridge that crosses over the Metro North train tracks that bisects the prison. It wasn't rated for the weight of a fire truck so the Bailey bridge was stuffed inside the old bridge without it's weight ever being on the old fella. That was accomplished by building the new bridge on rollers about a foot high,stacking the roadway plates on the back end for counterweignt, then pushing it with a good sized front end loader. For obvious reasons we weren't allowed cameras to take pictures inside the prison.

The other Bailey bridge we worked on didn't fare so well.

Apparently while paving the roadway the GC put two dump trucks full of blacktop in the wrong spot. It's a temporary bridge we erected to allow traffic on and off City Island while the old bridge is demolished and replaced.
The collapse happened in the bend in the bridge shown in this news story.
http://bronx.news12.com/news/concerns-mount-over-temporary-city-island-bridge-1.11315159
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jun 4, 2016 - 12:17pm PT
Do you even yodel, braj?
sween345

climber
back east
Jun 4, 2016 - 04:22pm PT
Yeah Dingus, the baileys are pretty neat with their simple modular design, but around these parts slow and heavy is the order of the day.

Here's a bridge on and in a bridge. I may have posted this previously.

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The jacking system is impressive. On the Brooklyn Bridge they lowered the caissons by stacking granite blocks around the outside of it.

I can take you on the tour if you're in town any time soon, but it'll have to be on a Sunday. We're still grinding away six days a week on the Hudson Yards project, for over a year now, with no end in sight.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Jun 5, 2016 - 09:18am PT
oops,that is a cool looking shot but I meant 450 not 405. . .
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Jun 5, 2016 - 11:06am PT


Bridge or bridge?...
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Jun 5, 2016 - 01:34pm PT
heh, DMT, I know that bridge. It don't go nowhere.
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Jun 6, 2016 - 09:48am PT
The "bridge" from Whidbey Island to Port Townsend.



Washington State Highway 20
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Jun 29, 2016 - 05:11pm PT
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wilbeer

Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
Jun 29, 2016 - 05:18pm PT

Great shots up there,Marlow ,your great photo reminds me of "none shall pass".lol.
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Jul 10, 2016 - 10:01pm PT
Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Jul 11, 2016 - 02:34am PT
New River Gorge Bridge, Wests Virginia.
(As the locals say - WHAT BRIDGE?)

The ol' covered bridge over the Tygart River at Philippi, West Virgina, site of the first land skirmish of the Civil War.
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