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	Royal Albert Bridge: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The high level bridge is a notable road and railway bridge spanning the river tyne between newcastle-upon-tyne and gateshead, in north east england....
		Britannia bridge is a bridge across the menai strait between the island of anglesey and the mainland of wales, originally made of wrought iron rectangular...
		The menai suspension bridge is a suspension bridge between the island of anglesey and the mainland of wales....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_albert_bridge.htm (1402 words)

	Clifton Suspension Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1851 the ironwork was sold and used to build the Brunel-designed Royal Albert Bridge on the railway between Plymouth and Saltash.
		The bridge is usually illuminated at night, with an modernised, LED-based array switched on for the first time on 8 April 2006, to an accompaniment of fireworks and festivities.
		In 2003 the weight of crowds returning from the Ashton Court festival and Bristol International Balloon Fiesta put such great strain on the bridge that it was decided to close the bridge to all traffic, including pedestrians, during the whole of the Ashton Court Festival and part of the Balloon Fiesta in 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clifton_Suspension_Bridge (741 words)

	ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL - LoveToKnow Article on ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In November 1829 he sent in designs and plans for the projected suspension bridge over the Avon at Clifton, but in consequence of objections raised by Thomas Telford, the referee of the bridge committee, his plans were rejected.
		Among the engineering triumphs on that railway are the Hanwell viaduct, the Maidenhead bridge and the Box tunnel, at the time the longest in the world.
		He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1830, and in 1858 declined the presidency of the Institution of Civil Engineers through ill-health.
	www.1911ency.org /B/BR/BRUNEL_ISAMBARD_KINGDOM.htm (1762 words)

	ipedia.com: Isambard Kingdom Brunel Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Besides the railway and steam ships, he was also involved in the construction of several lengthy bridges, including the Royal Albert Bridge near Plymouth, and an unusual telescopic bridge in Bridgwater.
		He also designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge near Bristol, but did not live to see it constructed.
		His colleagues and admirers in the Institution of Civil Engineers felt the bridge would be a fitting memorial, and started to raise new funds and to amend the design.
	www.ipedia.com /isambard_kingdom_brunel.html (1095 words)

	Elias P. Kline Memorial Lecture for the 69th Shock and Vibration Symposium, 1998
		And also, of course, the large suspension bridges that the new iron technologies had made practical.
		Some still survive, like the Royal Albert Bridge shown here under construction.
		This was when the Britannica always got the definitive expert: Sir Phillip Watts was the Director of Construction for the Royal Navy.
	www.cuug.ab.ca /~branderr/risk_essay/Kline_lecture.html (5241 words)

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