The Old bridge is considered an exemplary piece of Balkan Islamic architecture. In 2017, the appeal court deemed that destruction was legal since the bridge was a military target as the opposing Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina used it as a military supply line. Subsequently, a project was set in motion to reconstruct it the rebuilt bridge opened on 23 July 2004. On 9 November 1993 Stari Most collapsed due to shelling by the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) during the Croat–Bosniak War. Stari Most ( Serbo-Croatian: Stari most, Стари мост, lit.'Old Bridge'), also known as Mostar Bridge, is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city. Mimar Hayruddin, apprentice of Mimar Sinan Mimar Hayruddin (concept could originate from Mimar Sinan's idea) List of National Monuments of Bosnia and HerzegovinaĬa.20 metres (66 ft) at mid-span depending on river water-level

Frankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing Creek, built 1904, also on the National Register.A, B, C ii.iii.iv., D ii.iv., E i.ii.iii.iv.v., F i.ii.iii., G i.v.vi.vii., H ii., I i.ii.iii.Ĩ July 2004 (session No.

List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania.

SEPTA's trackless trolley route 66, which was formerly a streetcar, crosses the bridge on its journey from Frankford Transportation Center to Torresdale. The bridge was reconstructed during 2018. The bridge was widened in 1893 to accommodate streetcars, which commenced service in 1895, and again in 1950 to better accommodate automobile traffic.

In 1803, the bridge was paved with macadam, and at its south end a toll booth was erected, remaining in operation until 1892 when the turnpike was purchased by the city of Philadelphia. Improvements Photo from the Historic American Buildings Survey. In 1789, George Washington crossed the bridge on his way to his first presidential inauguration in New York. Notable travelers Īnyone who crossed over the bridge traveled to Philadelphia by horseback or coach from the northern colonies, including delegates to the First or Second Continental Congresses, such as John Adams, from Massachusetts.

A bronze plaque was placed on the western parapet in commemoration. In 1970, the bridge earned an award by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Philadelphia Section, as an outstanding engineering achievement and a historic civil engineering landmark. Each bridge was to be built by male inhabitants of the surrounding area those who failed to appear were to be fined 20 shillings. The areas on either side of the bridges were to be cleared to facilitate horse and cart traffic. The bridges, which were to be completed within 18 months, were to be ten feet wide and include railings along each side. On March 10, 1683, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a law requiring the building of bridges across all of the rivers and creeks along all of the King's Highway in Pennsylvania, from the Falls of the Delaware (at Trenton, N.J.) to the southernmost ports of Sussex County (now part of the state of Delaware). The bridge, built at the request of William Penn to connect his mansion with the new city of Philadelphia, was an important link on the King's Highway that linked Philadelphia with cities to the north ( Trenton, New York, and Boston). It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The bridge was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1970. Route 13), just north of Solly Avenue, over Pennypack Creek in Pennypack Park. The three-span, 73-foot-long (22 m) twin stone arch bridge carries Frankford Avenue ( U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is the oldest surviving roadway bridge in the United States. The Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as the Pennypack Creek Bridge, the Pennypack Bridge, the Holmesburg Bridge, and the King's Highway Bridge, erected in 1697 in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, in the U.S. Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR

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