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No rescue missions was necessary, and we managed to go through two of four bridges without any major problems. By the next day, we made it through three of four bridges, and two turns--complete with correct terminology. Balance was still missing, and finesse was, not surprisingly, not forthcoming, but...
Even on that first scary morning, though, there were a few seconds on the downstream run when six of the eight were rowing in nearly perfect sync, no boats were on our tail, and no bridges were in sight for at least a few minutes. For those few seconds, I...
To Republican Congressman Robert Walker, the $88 billion highway bill is filled with "page after page of pork-barrel projects." But to drivers stuck on Boston's "distressway," inching along Illinois 121 toward Peoria, or stewing in traffic in hundreds of other communities, funds for new roads, bridges and tunnels...
The Japanese have a new buzz word for this phenomenon: kokusai-ka (internationalization). Kokusai-ka refers to the host of efforts designed to deal with trade frictions, from opening the domestic market to foreigners to investing more heavily in public works, including bridges, highways and housing. The more philosophic interpret...
"A bridge that is in good service for so many years does not simply fall down," said Lionel Pavlo, head of Pavlo Engineering Co. of New York City, which helped design the bridge in 1952. "I have built more than 1,000 bridges and this is the first time such...