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Critics give new I-35W bridge design good marks: They say plan strikes balance between form and function.
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Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
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October 10, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Saint Paul Pioneer Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Jason Hoppin
Oct. 10--It was the early 1990s, and St. Paul was having a fit over a radical in its midst.
New York artist James Carpenter had proposed a cable-stayed V-mast bridge to replace the Wabasha Street Bridge, a design that won national awards. Supporters said it would put St. Paul on the architectural map, much the way the new Guthrie Theater has done for Minneapolis.
But critics derided it as too expensive. Some even suggested it resembled Madonna's brassiere. In the end, the new bridge was modeled after a design by Florida-based Figg Engineering.
While that design won its own awards, many still rue the debate as the day St. Paul turned its ...
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Bucksport hires firm to design new bridge
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
January 12, 2007 ;
RICH HEWITT; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
247 words
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);
July 24, 2008 ;
272 words
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The Washington Post;
April 9, 1991 ;
Stephen C. Fehr;
787 words
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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Qld: New bridge for Brisbane river
AAP General News (Australia);
December 12, 2004 ;
142 words
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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COMMENTARY; Can we love this bridge? New bridge conveys modern simplicity,...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
October 14, 2007 ;
Mack, Linda;
787 words
......21st-century bridge should reflect its time, and the design submitted by the team of Flatiron-Manson and Figg...504-foot span, said Figg president Linda Figg, lead design supervisor. The 70-foot-high piers at either end...entire bridge structure in color. Of the four final designs submitted to the ...
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New Bridge Over Portion of I-5 Is Needed, Peters Says
Transport Topics;
October 29, 2007 ;
Anonymous;
425 words
......billion to do it, but a new bridge over the Columbia River...is important to get the new bridge built," Peters said during...about the importance of a new bridge on the same day that a task...endorsing a specific bridge design during her trip, said doing...building options to ...
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New bridge to change traffic flow; Some congestion will ease while old...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
September 15, 2008 ;
Foti, Jim;
446 words
......details about the location and design of a memorial to the 13 people...meets Hwy. 36, he said. The new bridge could see more cars, fewer...error to take place when the new bridge opens. It will take some time...drivers may wait to cross the new bridge because they're wary of ...
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NEW BRIDGE DRAWS NO FLAK, MANY IDEAS FROM OUTER BANKS HEARING.(LOCAL)
The Virginian Pilot;
February 20, 1997 ;
Degregory, Lane;
787 words
......long, 45 feet high and two lanes wide. Once the new bridge opens, drivers approaching the Outer Banks from...hotels. But most business owners agreed that the new bridge will be better than adding two new lanes to the...he said, pointing to wall-sized maps of the new bridge ...
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Water scheme will mean new bridge for town
Aberdeen Evening Express;
March 10, 2008 ;
210 words
......Chairman David Fleming said of the new bridge: "It is a wave design in galvanised steel and the hand rails...contractor will foot most of the bill as the new bridge will carry a hidden waste-water pipe...renovation work. Mr Fleming described the new bridge as a "small victory" ...
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Panel picks option for new bridge 'Blue alignment' keeps location near old...
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
August 19, 2003 ;
RICH HEWITT; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
463 words
......indicated its preference for a new bridge across the Penobscot River...which would have the new bridge cross the river between...intersection as part of the design for the new bridge. The decision came after...photographs showing bridge designs at two locations, ...
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YOUR TURN: SHOULD THE BRIDGE BE A MEMORIAL? How to honor the bridge...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
August 19, 2007 ;
478 words
......BRIDGE Why not call the new bridge Memorial Bridge in honor...SIMPLE PLAQUE A plaque on the new bridge (or by the new bridge) with the victims' names...MEMORIAL I believe they should design a garden on both sides of the river where the new bridge will be built. ...
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SPACES; Bland new bridge goes nowhere, designwise
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
February 13, 2006 ;
WHITNEY GOULD;
787 words
......problem, since the new bridge will be 5 feet...sidewalks, and no design refinements to...parlance), the new bridge is basically still...backward in bridge design, after all the...involved in all new bridge designs; they have helped...
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Firm wins contract to build new bridge over Forth
Evening News - Scotland;
March 7, 2006 ;
NO BYLINE;
203 words
......CONTRACT has been awarded to design and construct a new road bridge...71 million to GBP 120m. The new bridge will provide people in Edinburgh...to budget. The route of the new bridge was chosen following extensive...mudflats at Kincardine." The new bridge will eventually ...
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New bridge would disrupt popular river walk
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
September 30, 2002 ;
DIANA BOWLEY; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
384 words
......proposed construction of a new bridge spanning the Piscataquis...Transportation wants to build a new bridge about six feet upstream...Friday that the preliminary design has been finished and a...and the construction of a new bridge, at a cost estimated at $2.5 million. The ...
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 "Portland Press Herald (Maine)")
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Norridgewock bridge project under way ; Work has begun on a temporary span...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);
September 3, 2008 ;
DOUG HARLOW By DOUG HARLOW Blethen Maine News Service;
403 words
......span over the Kennebec. The new bridge will be finished in 2011...NORRIDGEWOCK -- When work on the new bridge across the Kennebec River...several concrete pillars. The new bridge, designed to call to mind the existing...for the twin-arch concrete design was agreed upon ...
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