"Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire and build from the past, which can bridge to the future."
Mattie Stepanek
(Amazingly, this is quoted by a 13-year-old boy, who at such a tender age became an advocate of peace and a motivational speaker. And we think, we as adults know it all!)
We advertise many of our personal moments on facebook and on other social medias viz. birthdays, graduations, ceremonies, and weddings, but are they truly the most treasured moments of our lives? Today, I don't remember how I celebrated my 5th or 10th birthdays, but I do remember the cakes, lovingly baked by my mom on each of my birthdays. I don't remember what prizes I won during the umpteen competitions held during my school days, but I remember the encouraging, happy and smiling faces of my parents. I don't remember my graduation day, but I still remember the proud look on my parents' face, the day I got a degree in my hand. Wanting to see those 'proud look' and 'happy faces', has many a times inspired me, to carry myself forward. These special memories are the true keepsakes that inspire us from time to time.
Here are some interesting facts about bridges:
-The Golden Gate bridge is actually painted in orange color officially known as International Orange.
-The Oldest bridge in Paris is named 'Pont-Neuf' which actually means new bridge.
-The Moses Bridge in Netherlands is built of Accoya wood which is a high-tech wood more durable than the tropical woods.
-A bridge designed by Leonardo da Vinci to span the Golden Horn in Istanbul has been built some 500 years later in Oslo-Norway, and its the first major civil engineering project to be built from da Vinci's drawings.
-The Gateshead Millenium Bridge is referred to as the Blinking Eye Bridge due to its shape and tilting method. It is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge, spanning the River Tyne in England.
-The Oresund Bridge crosses the Oresund strait and joins Sweden with Denmark. It begins as a cable-stayed bridge in Sweden and ends as a tunnel in Denmark.
-The Slauerhoffbrug bridge, in the Netherlands, is a fully automatic bridge with the ability to sense and adapt to its surroundings. It can quickly sense and transform to the position needed allowing ships to pass.
Bridges
Here are some interesting facts about bridges:
-The Golden Gate bridge is actually painted in orange color officially known as International Orange.
-The Oldest bridge in Paris is named 'Pont-Neuf' which actually means new bridge.
-The Moses Bridge in Netherlands is built of Accoya wood which is a high-tech wood more durable than the tropical woods.
-A bridge designed by Leonardo da Vinci to span the Golden Horn in Istanbul has been built some 500 years later in Oslo-Norway, and its the first major civil engineering project to be built from da Vinci's drawings.
-The Gateshead Millenium Bridge is referred to as the Blinking Eye Bridge due to its shape and tilting method. It is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge, spanning the River Tyne in England.
-The Oresund Bridge crosses the Oresund strait and joins Sweden with Denmark. It begins as a cable-stayed bridge in Sweden and ends as a tunnel in Denmark.
-The Slauerhoffbrug bridge, in the Netherlands, is a fully automatic bridge with the ability to sense and adapt to its surroundings. It can quickly sense and transform to the position needed allowing ships to pass.
Bridges
(Anonymous)
What stories could these bridges tell
If they could only talk?
They'd tell us of the ones who rode
And those who had to walk,
If they could only talk?
They'd tell us of the ones who rode
And those who had to walk,
The rich, the poor . . . those in-between
Who used their planks to cross,
The soldiers, farmers, businessmen
In buggies, sleighs, by "hoss",
Who used their planks to cross,
The soldiers, farmers, businessmen
In buggies, sleighs, by "hoss",
Like sentinels these bridges stand
In spite of flood and fire,
Their rugged, stalwart strength remains
Our future to inspire.
In spite of flood and fire,
Their rugged, stalwart strength remains
Our future to inspire.
Have a memorable day!
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