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Bridges replaced directly next to the old one
Stephane Dumas:
Does covered bridges count? There's a covered bridge on the Chaudiere River in Quebec at Notre-Dame-des-Pins north of St-Georges who was replaced directly by a new one. The covered bridge is used as a bike path and currently there some restauration work. https://goo.gl/maps/QWce4KwyAA2rR3vA8
https://pontscouverts.com/blogue/pont-perrault/
D-Dey65:
--- Quote from: wanderer2575 on September 19, 2022, 03:15:03 PM ---The I-280 Veterans Glass City Skyway bridge over the Maumee River in Toledo OH was built next to the Craig Memorial Bridge (drawbridge). The latter is still in use as a surface street and OH-65 was extended south along it to a relocated connection to I-280.
(looking southeast)
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I see there are a couple of stub ramps on the old bridge.
Flint1979:
--- Quote from: wanderer2575 on September 19, 2022, 03:15:03 PM ---The I-280 Veterans Glass City Skyway bridge over the Maumee River in Toledo OH was built next to the Craig Memorial Bridge (drawbridge). The latter is still in use as a surface street and OH-65 was extended south along it to a relocated connection to I-280.
(looking southeast)
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I remember when they were building that bridge pretty well. Hard to believe it's already about 15 years old.
kennyshark64:
I'm highly surprised nobody has mentioned the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida (or maybe I missed it). Anyhoo, when I first saw it around Christmas 1989, there were still remnants of the original bridge (replaced because of a tanker vs. bridge collision in 1980 that killed about 35 people), so it was kind of, well, weird seeing the original-it probably would have scared me more than the current bridge might. Some of those remnants have been refashioned into fishing piers. You can see pictures of old next to new in Wikipedia.
Dirt Roads:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.4438556,-81.8398407,3a,15y,316.29h,93.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa8R7_TyG_tLom4z8hQPCYQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
The old "Green Bridge" over the Kanawha River on I-64 in Putnam County, West Virginia now has its main span removed. I was amazed how close the new structure is to the old structure. Locals named the old bridge the "Stinky Bridge", as a reference to the small chemical plant in Nitro next to the Interstate that stored Mercaptan, the main additive to natural gas. Didn't take much of that to "raise a stink".
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