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New Jersey is sandwiched between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, with the Raritan, Passaic, and Navesink cutting swaths across it. In spite of the state's relatively small size, over six thousand bridges span its varied landscape. They traverse rivers, streams, railroads, and roadways. Several dozen bridges cut across the Delaware River alone, carrying pedestrian, vehicular, and railroad traffic. Three connect the state to Staten Island. Some are steeped in history, dating back to the colonial era and the Revolutionary war. Others are recognized worldwide for their size or significance in the annals of engineering. In The Bridges of New Jersey, Steven M. Richman provides a rare photographic and poetic journey across sixty of the state's bridges, ranging from impressive suspension spans such as the Ben Franklin and George Washington Bridges, to the small wrought iron and stone bridges that are cherished by local citizens. The book provides a rich diversity of stories that place the bridges in the context of New Jersey history and culture. Richman also explores the contribution New Jersey bridges have made to engineering-some of the most prominent engineers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries either lived or established businesses in the Garden State or designed its bridges. Lavishly illustrated with over seventy photographs, this book is much more than a documentary survey. It is a visual portrait that beautifully captures the metaphoric significance and aesthetic pleasures of New Jersey's bridges, and indeed all bridges. Perhaps more than any other structure built by humans, bridges typify progress and they give us a sense of connectedness. The Bridges of New Jersey provides a compelling visual demonstration of these symbolic functions, as well as their practical purposes and engineering accomplishments.

Bridges --- Bridges, Highway --- Express highways --- Highway bridges --- Transportation --- Viaducts --- History --- History. --- E-books

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Die sowjetische Blockade Berlins gehört zu den großen Wendepunkten in der Geschichte des Kalten Krieges. Das Hauptaugenmerk der internationalen Forschung gilt dabei bis heute den beiden Supermächten. Großbritannien wird je nach Blickwinkel eine Rolle zwischen Defätismus und Komplizenschaft der westlichen Hegemonialmacht beigemessen.Auf einer breiten Quellengrundlage untersucht Victor Mauer erstmals systematisch die britische Krisenpolitik. Dabei fragt er nach den Akteuren, ihren Handlungsspielräumen und Handlungszwängen, beleuchtet widerstreitende Motive und Interessen, analysiert Verhandlungsstrategien und taktisches Kalkül, arbeitet institutionalisierte und informelle Entscheidungsprozesse heraus, widmet sich der Rolle von Öffentlichkeit und Medien, identifiziert wirkmächtige historische Narrative als Mobilisierungsressource, die dem öffentlichen Bedürfnis nach Komplexitätsreduktion in Krisenzeiten entsprach, und betont die Gleichzeitigkeit der Gegensätze.Die Studie revidiert nicht nur unser Bild von der britischen und damit zugleich von der westlichen Politik während der Blockade Berlins. Sie führt auch zu einer Neubewertung der britischen Deutschlandpolitik, ohne die die Krisenpolitik nicht zu verstehen ist. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Soviet blockade, a well-sourced study of British crisis policy is being published for the first time, and it yields surprising new insights. Victor Mauer's work revises our notions of British (and thus Western) policy during the Berlin blockade. It also suggests the need to re-evaluate the history of Britain's German policy, without which we cannot understand the crisis policy.

Bridges --- Bridges, Highway --- Express highways --- Highway bridges --- Transportation --- Viaducts --- Cold War. --- crisis management. --- foreign policy.

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Fog, tide, ice, and human error--before the American Revolution those who ventured to cross the vast Hudson Valley waterway did so on ferryboats powered by humans, animals, and even fierce winds. Before that war, not a single Hudson River bridge or tunnel had been built. It wasn't until Americans looked to the land in the fight for independence that the importance of crossing the river efficiently became a subject of serious interest, especially militarily. Later, the needs of a new transportation system became critical--when steam railroads first rolled along there was no practical way to get them across the water without bridges. Crossing the Hudson continues this story soon after the end of the war, in 1805, when the first bridge was completed. Donald E. Wolf simultaneously tracks the founding of the towns and villages along the water's edge and the development of technologies such as steam and internal combustion that demanded new ways to cross the river. As a result, innovative engineering was created to provide for these resources. From hybrid, timber arch, and truss bridges on stone piers to long-span suspension and cantilevered bridges, railroad tunnels, and improvements in iron and steel technology, the construction feats that cross the Hudson represent technical elegance and physical beauty. Crossing the Hudson reveals their often multileveled stories--a history of where, why, when, and how these structures were built; the social, political, and commercial forces that influenced decisions to erect them; the personalities of the planners and builders; the unique connection between a builder and his bridge; and the design and construction techniques that turned mythical goals into structures of utility and beauty.

Tunnels --- Bridges --- Highway tunnels --- Road tunnels --- Civil engineering --- Underground construction --- Bridges, Highway --- Express highways --- Highway bridges --- Transportation --- Viaducts --- History.

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