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unusual facts about S Bridge, National Road



Adjud

Adjud municipality is crossed by the National road E 85 for a length of 11 km, from km 226 at the Trotuş Bridge up to 237 km to Bacău running in downtown for a section of 3 km.

Aiken's Tavern Historic District

During the American Revolution, British forces under William Howe occupied the village following the September 1777 Battle of Cooch's Bridge, setting up their headquarters in the tavern and establishing a temporary field hospital at Pencader Church.

Conway's Bridge

Conway's Bridge is an ornamental rustic arched stone structure close to the River Thames on the estate of Park Place, Berkshire, England.

Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion

The celebrated English author George Borrow wrote Wild Wales (1854), which includes a lively, humorous account of his visit to Pontarfynach.

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware

The Christina River at Cooch's Bridge crested at 2.38 feet (0.725 m) above flood stage, and the Red Clay Creek at Wooddale crested at roughly 4 inches (100 mm) above flood stage.

Forbes Road

In contrast to the Forbes Road's successors, the National Road, now US 40, largely followed Braddock's Road across the Appalachian Mountains from Cumberland into Pennsylvania.

Golden's Bridge, New York

At one time, Golden's Bridge was home to Wildoak Kennels, considered America's leading breeder of Wire Fox Terriers.

Governor's Bridge, Toronto

The west part of the neighbourhood was quickly built up during the Roaring Twenties boom period, and most of the houses date from this era.

:For other uses see Governor's Bridge

Henry Brewerton

He later worked as an engineer on seacoast defenses and on the construction of the National Road in Ohio.

Humphrey Gainsborough

Gainsborough designed Conway's Bridge, built in 1763 at Park Place close to Henley, an interesting rustic arched stone structure that still carries traffic on the road between Wargrave and Henley today.

Jacob Eugene Duryée

At the Battle of Antietam, Duryée stalwartly led his regiment from the front as the men tried to take the infamous Burnside's Bridge over Antietam Creek in the face of withering fire from Georgia regiments on the hills on the opposite bank.

Jardine Matheson

The name of Yee Wo Street in Hong Kong's East Point and Causeway Bay Districts comes from Jardine's Chinese name "Ewo" whilst other locations associated with the company include Jardine's Bazaar, Jardine's Crescent, Jardine's Bridge, Jardine's Lookout, Yee Wo Street, Matheson Street, Jardine House and the Noon-day Gun.

Joe's Bridge

This silenced the guns, and the road was cleared of wreckage by armoured bulldozers, while infantry mopped up, thus setting a pattern for the rest of the advance towards Valkenswaard and Eindhoven.

Once the bridge was secure, men of the 615th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, set about repairing it, while the Irish Guards secured a bridgehead along the N69 main road towards Valkenswaard.

This bridge was taken on the evening of 10 September 1944 by the Irish Guards under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.E Vandeleur.

While the Welsh Guards engaged the German forces around Hechtel, the Irish Guards advanced rapidly north-east through the villages of Eksel, Overpelt and Neerpelt, and launched their combined infantry-tank assault, with artillery support, from the grounds of the zinc processing factory in Overpelt.

Kirkby Lonsdale

In common with many bridges of the same name, legend holds that the Devil appeared to an old woman, promising to build a bridge in exchange for the first soul to cross over it.

Liberian National Museum

In 1972, the museum was relocated to a new building on Providence Island but four years later this building was removed to facilitate the construction of the People's Bridge over the Mesurado River.

Mama Bhagne

When Rama decided to attack Ravana he found it necessary to throw a bridge across the straits for the conveyance of his troops, he drove in his aerial chariot to the Himalayas, picked up what stones he needed and drove back.

Maxial da Estrada

A small village in the municipality of Sertã, Maxial da Estrada is located 5 km north of Sertã, Portugal on national road EN 238.

Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

This facility was constructed to collect fees from travelers on the National Road in the 19th century.

National Road Yard Sale

The vast majority of the National Road Yard Sale runs along US Route 40, however the National Road between Cumberland and Baltimore is known as US 144, or Frederick Rd.

National Trail Conference

Founded in 1935, the National Trail Conference was named after the National Road, which runs through the heart of the conference in Effingham and Fayette Counties and coincides with U.S. Route 40.

North Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania

The main route through the township and village is U.S. Route 40, also known as the National Road or "National Pike".

North Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

In 1851 Union Township was split along the National Road into North Union and South Union townships.

Norwegian National Road 418

Norwegian national road 418 (Rv418) is a national road which runs between Aspelund in Risør and Egddalen in Gjerstad.

Pero's Bridge

The bridge is named after Pero, also known as Pero Jones, who lived from around 1753 to 1798, arriving in Bristol probably from the Caribbean Island of Nevis in 1783, as the slave of the merchant John Pinney (1740–1818) at 5 Great George Street.

Ram Karmabhoomi

Ram Karmabhoomi is the area consisting of Rameshwaram, Dhanushkodi, Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge, where the Hindu deity Rama is believed to have conducted his fight against Ravana to rescue Sita.

River Thame

Aylesbury played an important role in the English Civil War when John Hampden (the town's Member of Parliament) defended Aylesbury at the Battle of Holman's Bridge, which crosses the Thame to the north of Aylesbury, in 1642.

Robber's Bridge

R.D. Blackmore drew on the history and legends of this area to create his world-famous novel Lorna Doone.

S bridge

The next bridge, four and a half miles east from New Concord on US Route 40, is found at the intersection of US 40 and Peter's Creek Road.

The fourth bridge is located between Old Washington, Ohio and Middlebourne, Ohio along Blend Road, at the intersection of Bridgewater Road, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

Several of these bridges are found in and around the New Concord, Ohio area.

Only a few of these bridges still exist, mostly in Ohio.

Sânandrei

3 km to the east lies the National Road DN69, to which Carani is linked by a local road.

Sheffield Tramway

Along with lines opening to Abbeydale, Walkley and Hunter's Bar, the missing link in the centre of the sprawling network between Moorhead and Lady's Bridge was finally laid.

Snell's Bridge

American troops lead by William H. Winder retreated across Snell's bridge on August 26, 1814.

Snell's Bridge is an historic bridge over the Patuxent River near Fulton, Maryland.

South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

In 1851 Union Township was split along the National Road into North Union and South Union townships.

St. James's Bridge

Four bronze relief plaques depicting scenes from The Water Man, a Ljubljana-related Romantic ballad of the poet France Prešeren, were intended to be put on the fence of the bridge.

Teufelsbrücke

It is named for an old local legend regarding its construction by the Devil, one of many old European Devil's Bridges with similar creation myths.

Warwick Furnace Farms

Several other sites listed by the National Register of Historic Places are within a couple of miles of the site, including Hockley Mill Farm, to the east on Warwick Furnace Road, Warrenpoint to the north, Warwick Mills to the west, and Brower's Bridge upstream (west) on the South Branch of French Creek.

Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

The grave of French and Indian War British general Edward Braddock is located nearby, as is Mount Washington Tavern, a former hotel from the 19th century National Road.


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