Showing posts with the label Causeway

Broomway: Britain’s Deadliest Path

Oct 21, 2020

Situated on the east coast of Essex, England, on the estuary of River Roach, Foulness Island has long been controlled by the military. The a...

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, And its Claim to ‘The World’s Longest Bridge’ Title

Feb 18, 2016

If you look at the list of the longest bridges in the world , you will notice that the top positions are dominated by Asian countries, espec...

The Hindenburgdamm Causeway

Aug 28, 2015

The Hindenburgdamm or Hindenburg Dam is an 11 km-long causeway joining the North Frisian island of Sylt to mainland Schleswig-Holstein, off ...

The Great Salt Lake’s Railroad Causeway

Aug 15, 2014

When the North American transcontinental railroad was being laid down during the 1860s, the engineers faced a big obstacle in the state of U...