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Matthew at 06:53, 25 February 2018

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	These are the unassuming structures, the structures meant to perform a job without being noticed. Highway departments have no reservations about maintaining such bridges built as early as the 1920s. Despite the lack of intricacy in their designs I still find the older examples of these structures (those built before the 1960s, mostly) to be worthy examples of our transportation heritage.		These are the unassuming structures, the structures meant to perform a job without being noticed. Highway departments have no reservations about maintaining such bridges built as early as the 1920s. Despite the lack of intricacy in their designs I still find the older examples of these structures (those built before the 1960s, mostly) to be worthy examples of our transportation heritage.

			=== Architecture ===

			My favorite kind of architecture is definitely Art Deco from the 1920s and 1930s. I also enjoy certain varieties of modern architecture and even have a soft spot for Brutalism and ugly 1950s municipal architecture.

			==== Art Deco and Moderne Architecture ====

			===== [[Art Deco and Moderne Buildings in Burlington, NC\|Burlington, North Carolina]] =====

			=== Other Structures ===

			These are pages about other kinds of structures that I find interesting but might not be worthy of a category of their own at the moment.

			===== [[Historic Water Towers of North Carolina]] =====

			A few of the old industrial water towers I have visited in North Carolina.

Matthew at 06:24, 25 February 2018

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	These were the original "signature" bridges, constructed with aesthetics as well as functionality in mind, and meant to give a particular crossing distinction.		These were the original "signature" bridges, constructed with aesthetics as well as functionality in mind, and meant to give a particular crossing distinction.

	[[Steel stringer, girder, and tee-beam bridges]]		==== [[Steel stringer, girder, and tee-beam bridges]] ====

	These are the unassuming structures, the structures meant to perform a job without being noticed. Highway departments have no reservations about maintaining such bridges built as early as the 1920s. Despite the lack of intricacy in their designs I still find the older examples of these structures (those built before the 1960s, mostly) to be worthy examples of our transportation heritage.		These are the unassuming structures, the structures meant to perform a job without being noticed. Highway departments have no reservations about maintaining such bridges built as early as the 1920s. Despite the lack of intricacy in their designs I still find the older examples of these structures (those built before the 1960s, mostly) to be worthy examples of our transportation heritage.

Matthew at 06:23, 25 February 2018

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	~~<strong>MediaWiki has been installed.</strong>~~		== Matt Ridpath's Bridges and Structures Wiki ==

	~~Consult the [https://www~~.~~mediawiki~~.~~org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software~~.		This wiki contains essays I have written about various bridges and structures I have visited and photographed. It is a work in progress, as all of these pages are at least eight years old and have been brought over from another platform. If you happen to stumble across this page, however, I hope you find it interesting and informative.

	== ~~Getting started~~ ==		=== Historic Bridges ===
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	* [https://www.~~mediawiki~~.~~org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ~~]		While in college, I gained a passion for learning about historic bridges, bridges built before the 1960s, before all bridges became cookie-cutter slabs of concrete indistinguishable from each other. Old bridges are survivors, relics of a pre-computer age, utilizing geometry to achieve what is now done with brute force materials. Many that I visited ten years ago have now been replaced, so I consider it a privilege that I was able to witness them.
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	* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]		==== [[Truss Bridges]] ====
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			These are bridges in which the roadway or railroad is held up by a cage-like structure of dozens of smaller steel (or iron) members instead of a few heavy beams. This page contains links to a few truss bridges I have visited in North Carolina and elsewhere.

			==== [[Arch Bridges]] ====

			These were the original "signature" bridges, constructed with aesthetics as well as functionality in mind, and meant to give a particular crossing distinction.

			[[Steel stringer, girder, and tee-beam bridges]]

			These are the unassuming structures, the structures meant to perform a job without being noticed. Highway departments have no reservations about maintaining such bridges built as early as the 1920s. Despite the lack of intricacy in their designs I still find the older examples of these structures (those built before the 1960s, mostly) to be worthy examples of our transportation heritage.

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