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Title: UglyBridges.com question
Post by: ixnay on August 30, 2017, 10:07:04 PM
I notice that UglyBridges.com has a login feature.  If one registers on there, does he/she have access to additional features (such as one does if registered on this forum)?

ixnay
Title: Re: UglyBridges.com question
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on September 01, 2017, 10:08:44 PM
Registering at Uglybridge/Historicbridge gives one the ability to add data to structures (dates of construction, type of bridge, etc.), post photos of structures.
Title: Re: UglyBridges.com question
Post by: jasonh300 on December 12, 2021, 08:59:32 PM
Sorry to revive this dead thread, but I didn't want to start a new one for what may be a stupid question.  Is uglybridges.com no longer in existence? I get a 404 when I try to access it.
Title: Re: UglyBridges.com question
Post by: Max Rockatansky on December 12, 2021, 09:02:58 PM
Seems it, considering bridgehunter barely held on after it's founder died I don't think there is much more of a market for bridge sites. 
Title: Re: UglyBridges.com question
Post by: Bruce on December 13, 2021, 06:06:19 AM
For those who need the NBI data once provided by these sites, there's a backup from the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper: https://data.tallahassee.com/bridge/washington/53/
Title: Re: UglyBridges.com question
Post by: tolbs17 on December 13, 2021, 12:03:06 PM
The website is broken...

I get "This site can't be reached"...
Title: Re: UglyBridges.com question
Post by: Alex on December 13, 2021, 06:16:20 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 12, 2021, 09:02:58 PM
Seems it, considering bridgehunter barely held on after it's founder died I don't think there is much more of a market for bridge sites.

Must be a very recent development, as the Historic Bridge Foundation took over maintaining Bridgehunter.com. And it appears they site will remain online for the foreseeable future.
Title: Re: UglyBridges.com question
Post by: Max Rockatansky on December 13, 2021, 07:44:10 PM
Quote from: Alex on December 13, 2021, 06:16:20 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 12, 2021, 09:02:58 PM
Seems it, considering bridgehunter barely held on after it's founder died I don't think there is much more of a market for bridge sites.

Must be a very recent development, as the Historic Bridge Foundation took over maintaining Bridgehunter.com. And it appears they site will remain online for the foreseeable future.

That's what I was referring to.  That site got saved because it was by far and away the best bridge site out there.  I can't imagine lesser bridge sites would have something like the Historic Bridge Foundation come to save them. 
Title: Re: UglyBridges.com question
Post by: route56 on December 14, 2021, 11:14:17 PM
AIUI, uglybridges.com was renamed as bridgereports.com and the uglybridges.com domain redirected to the latter. It appears that it is no longer doing so.

A quick whois indicates that the uglybridges.com domain name expires this coming Christmas Eve. I suspect that the new operators of Bridge Reports/Bridge Hunter have decided not to renew uglybridges.