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	Seven Mile Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the longest bridges in existence when it was built, it is one of the many bridges on US 1 in the Keys, where the road is called the Overseas Highway.
		The older bridge, originally known as the Knights Key-Pigeon Key-Moser Channel-Pacet Channel Bridge, was constructed from 1909-1912 under the direction of Henry Flagler as part of the Florida East Coast Railway's Key West Extension, also known as the Overseas Railroad.
		The remainder of the bridge is considerably closer to the water surface.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seven_Mile_Bridge (443 words)

	Info and facts on 'Toll bridge' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A toll bridge is a bridge (A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.) over which traffic may pass upon payment of a fee, or 'toll (A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)) '.
		In the United States, private ownership of toll bridges peaked in the mid 19th century (additional info and facts about 19th century), and by the turn of the twentieth century (additional info and facts about twentieth century) most toll bridges were taken over by state highway departments.
		Brooklyn Bridge (A suspension bridge across the East River in New York City; opened in 1883) between Manhattan Island (An island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located) and Brooklyn, New York (additional info and facts about Brooklyn, New York), opened in 1883.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/toll_bridge.htm (1153 words)

	Bridges In The USA And Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Fred Hartman Bridge near Houston, Texas is a cable-stayed bridge with a very unusual double-diamond design for its pylons, each of the two roadways passing through the widest part of each diamond.
		The longest bridges in the world, with an overall length of nearly twenty-four miles each, are the two parallel bridges (each being actually made up of over two thousand of smaller spans) across Lake Pontchartrain, connecting the city of New Orleans to I-12 and Covington.
		The bridge, which opened in 1951, is the replacement for the famous original suspension bridge which collapsed due to resonance in winds of only 40 miles per hour a few months after its completion in 1940.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/bridges/index.htm (6957 words)

	ipedia.com: Key West, Florida Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Key West was the last of the series of Keys connected to the Florida mainland by a series of railroad bridges completed in 1912, as the Overseas Railway extension of Henry M. Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway.
		The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 destroyed many of the railroad bridges, and drowned hundreds of Flagler's workers.
		Key West Island is about 4 miles long and 2 miles wide; since the late 20th century it has been artificially expanded to the north.
	www.ipedia.com /key_west__florida.html (1112 words)

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