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The Guess That Bridge thread!

Started by MCRoads, July 20, 2020, 06:17:29 PM

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BridgesToIdealism

Matthew Wong; University of Indianapolis Class of 2024


Jim

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kphoger

Quote from: BridgesToIdealism on August 25, 2020, 12:26:48 PM
Let's see if I can make this harder by using an on-bridge view instead of a side elevation view

Quote from: BridgesToIdealism on August 27, 2020, 12:29:19 PM
Hint 1: New England
Hint 2: Quack!

Union Street over the Merrimack River – Lawrence, MA

Hint 2 made it too easy!
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

1995hoo

Looking at Street View, I think kphoger's got it. Hint 2 wouldn't have helped me, though looking at the map I now get the reference!
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

BridgesToIdealism

Matthew Wong; University of Indianapolis Class of 2024

kphoger

Here's one for you guys.  (borrowed from the interwebs)

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

webny99

My first thought is the Port Mann bridge (Hwy 1 over the Fraser River) in Surrey, BC.

kphoger

Nope, but that was a reasonable guess.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

webny99

Reasonable enough that when I first checked Street View, I became even more confident.. before realizing that the mountains in the background didn't quite match. I guess it's got a twin somewhere out there.

mrsman

Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2020, 12:48:16 PM
Quote from: BridgesToIdealism on August 25, 2020, 12:26:48 PM
Let's see if I can make this harder by using an on-bridge view instead of a side elevation view

Quote from: BridgesToIdealism on August 27, 2020, 12:29:19 PM
Hint 1: New England
Hint 2: Quack!

Union Street over the Merrimack River – Lawrence, MA

Hint 2 made it too easy!

Does anyone know why it was called the Duck Bridge?

kphoger

Hint #1:  This bridge is 849.3 miles from my house, as the crow flies.

Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2020, 01:17:26 PM
Here's one for you guys.  (borrowed from the interwebs)



Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

kphoger

Quote from: mrsman on August 28, 2020, 08:21:51 AM

Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2020, 12:48:16 PM

Quote from: BridgesToIdealism on August 25, 2020, 12:26:48 PM
Let's see if I can make this harder by using an on-bridge view instead of a side elevation view

Quote from: BridgesToIdealism on August 27, 2020, 12:29:19 PM
Hint 1: New England
Hint 2: Quack!

Union Street over the Merrimack River – Lawrence, MA

Hint 2 made it too easy!

Does anyone know why it was called the Duck Bridge?

Nearby were these textile mills, which produced duck-down material.

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

ozarkman417

Quote from: kphoger on August 28, 2020, 01:16:17 PM
Hint #1:  This bridge is 849.3 miles from my house, as the crow flies.

Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2020, 01:17:26 PM
Here's one for you guys.  (borrowed from the interwebs)


Puente de la Unidad, Monterrey, Mexico?

kphoger

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

1995hoo

Funny, that red tower visible through the cables had me thinking somewhere in Latin America.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

kphoger

Quote from: 1995hoo on August 28, 2020, 01:47:00 PM
Funny, that red tower visible through the cables had me thinking somewhere in Latin America.

I edited the photo to make the bridge more difficult to identify, and that red tower was how I gauged how much color to remove.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

ozarkman417

This is a screenshot of a picture I took from the internet.


ozarkman417

Clue 1: The dull architecture in the background, associated with a certain ideology.

SteveG1988

Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 29, 2020, 11:47:56 AM
Clue 1: The dull architecture in the background, associated with a certain ideology.

Tuchkov Bridge on the Neva River, Saint petersburg Russia.
Roads Clinched

I55,I82,I84(E&W)I88(W),I87(N),I81,I64,I74(W),I72,I57,I24,I65,I59,I12,I71,I77,I76(E&W),I70,I79,I85,I86(W),I27,I16,I97,I96,I43,I41,

ozarkman417

Quote from: SteveG1988 on August 30, 2020, 02:05:18 AM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 29, 2020, 11:47:56 AM
Clue 1: The dull architecture in the background, associated with a certain ideology.

Tuchkov Bridge on the Neva River, Saint petersburg Russia.
No, but a reasonable guess. I looked at your bridge, and it actually looks quite similar to my submission. The correct bridge is still in European Russia.

SteveG1988

Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 30, 2020, 12:33:43 PM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on August 30, 2020, 02:05:18 AM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 29, 2020, 11:47:56 AM
Clue 1: The dull architecture in the background, associated with a certain ideology.

Tuchkov Bridge on the Neva River, Saint petersburg Russia.
No, but a reasonable guess. I looked at your bridge, and it actually looks quite similar to my submission. The correct bridge is still in European Russia.

my line of reasoning for that was, "where have i seen this bridge...did i see it in air crash investigation" and then i went "oh...the water ditching"
Roads Clinched

I55,I82,I84(E&W)I88(W),I87(N),I81,I64,I74(W),I72,I57,I24,I65,I59,I12,I71,I77,I76(E&W),I70,I79,I85,I86(W),I27,I16,I97,I96,I43,I41,

ozarkman417

Clue 2: The bridge is associated with a historically famous math problem.

SteveG1988

Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 30, 2020, 11:29:16 PM
Clue 2: The bridge is associated with a historically famous math problem.

Wooden bridge, on the maps of  kaliningrad russia, part of the 7 bridges math problem
Roads Clinched

I55,I82,I84(E&W)I88(W),I87(N),I81,I64,I74(W),I72,I57,I24,I65,I59,I12,I71,I77,I76(E&W),I70,I79,I85,I86(W),I27,I16,I97,I96,I43,I41,

ozarkman417

Quote from: SteveG1988 on August 30, 2020, 11:39:03 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 30, 2020, 11:29:16 PM
Clue 2: The bridge is associated with a historically famous math problem.

Wooden bridge, on the maps of  kaliningrad russia, part of the 7 bridges math problem
I knew that clue would work well. Correct. It is one of the Seven Bridges of Königsberg, Prussia. Today, there are only five left.

SteveG1988

Roads Clinched

I55,I82,I84(E&W)I88(W),I87(N),I81,I64,I74(W),I72,I57,I24,I65,I59,I12,I71,I77,I76(E&W),I70,I79,I85,I86(W),I27,I16,I97,I96,I43,I41,



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