New South Wales will be put on the map again, this time for claiming the title of having the nation’s “highest suspension bridge,” located 1627 metres above sea level in Kosciuszko National Park, which houses Australia’s highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. The bridge is part of the new nine-kilometre track along the Snowy River, completing the…
Australia’s Highest Suspension Bridge Opens, Expected to Attract 50,000 Visitors per Year
State Trooper Sees Distraught Man About to Jump Off Bridge, Talks Him Down From Suicide, Consoles Him
A Massachusetts State Trooper talked a man down from the Tobin Bridge after he threatened to jump and commit suicide last weekend. On Saturday, June 4, at 12:04 p.m., State Troopers and firefighters from Boston and Chelsea responded to a man who had scaled over the barrier of the bridge’s southbound upper deck and was…
Fan Falls Through Detroit Footbridge on Way to Tigers Game
DETROIT—A man walking on a footbridge to a Detroit Tigers game said he fell 15 feet to the ground when part of the concrete collapsed. Ely Hydes said the incident occurred May 9, but the bridge still was open until The Detroit News reached out to the state Transportation Department on Sunday. The Spruce Street…
Hong Kong Races to Build Isolation Facilities as COVID-19 Cases Surge
HONG KONG—Hong Kong is rushing to build facilities for COVID-19 patients, with Reuters drone footage showing construction work in full swing after a temporary bridge linking the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen to the Asian financial hub opened at the weekend. As a surge in COVID-19 cases overwhelms Hong Kong’s healthcare facilities, authorities have deployed…
China’s Construction of Bridge in Disputed Border Region Poses Military Threat to India: Experts
NEW DELHI—The Chinese military is nearing completion of a bridge on the Pangong Tso Lake in the disputed border area between India and China in the eastern Ladakh region. The Indian government said on Feb. 4 the construction was carried out in areas illegally occupied by China. Pangong Tso is a high-altitude, trans-Himalayan lake that…
Woman Rammed by Semitruck That Folds Car Like Pancake—but She ‘Miraculously’ Has ‘Minor Injuries’
The never-ending series of storms and record rainfall in Washington state had motorists slowing down on the Skagit River Bridge just to marvel at the high waters. It was this curious distraction that caused an accident that state troopers can hardly believe wasn’t fatal on Nov. 16. A woman on the bridge was traveling northbound…
160-Year-Old ‘Devil’s Bridge’ Creates a Perfect Circle With Its Reflection in the Water
The arched “Devil’s Bridge” is just as magical today as the day it was created back in the late 19th century. In a spectacular optical illusion, the semicircular stone bridge creates the image of a perfect circle when reflected in the lake that runs beneath. Devil’s Bridge, or Rakotzbrücke, is situated in Germany’s Kromlauer Park in the…
‘Pretty Chaotic’: Tiny BC Community Reconnected After Flooding Wiped out Bridge
NOOAITCH FIRST NATION, BRITISH COLUMBIA—The same rainfall that forced the evacuation of 7,000 residents in Merritt, B.C., also stranded a small First Nation village just 20 kilometres away, but an all-out effort quickly reconnected the community. What was once the smallSpius Creek turned into a raging torrent earlier this week as record-setting rain washed away…
New Bat-Friendly Bridge Replaces Old Kentucky Bridge Home to Thousands of Endangered Bats
A newly rebuilt bridge that doubles as a habitat for bats was completed in Kentucky—and as of August, some 1,100 endangered gray bats have moved in. Inspection of the once-dilapidated bridge in 2018 revealed cracked, flaking concrete and rusted steel; but also that the infrastructure had become a roosting ground for thousands of gray bats….
Good Samaritans Rescue Distressed Woman Preparing to Jump From Bridge in Massachusetts
Seeing a distressed woman who had climbed over a railing of a bridge in West Springfield, Massachusetts, a number of good Samaritans stopped their cars and rushed to her aid, pulling her to safety and possibly saving her life. The civilians have since been recognized by Police Commissioner Cheryl Clapprood, and Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno,…
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