Greece - Kavala Aqueduct

 

Stamp Issue : 1988-10-07 

Aqueduct in Kavala, Greece. 25 meters height and a total of 60 arches. It was built in AD 1530 on a Roman model during the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent. The Aqueduct still serves today as a symbol of the city.
 

Portugal - Figueira da Foz Bridge

 

Stamp Issue : 1982-02-24 

Figueira da Foz Bridge spanning the River Mondego in Figueira da Foz city of the district of Coimbra, in Portugal. It has a total length of 1421 m, in-cluding a 405 m long cable stayed bridge and two approach viaducts with 630 m (left bank) and 315 m (right bank).

Spain - Rande Bridge

 
Stamp Issue : 1981-11-26 

Rande Bridge (Puente de Rande) is a cable-stayed bridge built in 1978 that links the strips of land of the Strait of Rande on the ria of Vigo. It has a length of 1,558 metres, its pillars have a height of 148 metres and its main span measures 401 metres. Although it was not the biggest (cable-stayed) span in the world when it opened, it was the longest span with more than two lanes.
The bridge, which links Redondela and Moaña through the Strait of Rande, is one of the world's longest bridges. It is currently the longest in Spain and it is an emblematic piece of engineering in the ria of Vigo.
 

Spain - Puente Viejo

 
Stamp Issue : 1999-07-12 

Puente Viejo (Old Balmaseda Bridge), whose name means "old bridge" in Spanish, is the older and smaller of two bridges that span the 120 m deep chasm that divides the city of Ronda in southern Spain. It was over the River Kadagua and built in 12th century; the larger, newer Puente Nuevo was built in 1751.
 

Switzerland - Ganter Bridge

 
Stamp Issue : 1991-09-10 

Ganter Bridge rises an astonishing 152.4 meters above the ground. The 160 meter long bridge designed by Menn. Built 1976-1980 over the Simplon Pass near Eisten, Switzerland, is a concrete cable-stayed road bridge.
The Ganter Bridge is hybrid cross of construction combining cantilever and cabling support system. Cantilever spands support the bridge's midsections which in turn are supported by cable stays embedded in prestressed concrete. The concrete walls protect the cables from stress and corrosion. Menn cleverly embedded the cable stays in prestressed concrete resulting in a bridge that appears to be a sculptured bird taking flight.
 

France - Pont d'Aquitaine 阿基坦大橋

 
Stamp Issue : 1967-05-06 

Aquitaine Bridge (Pont d'Aquitaine) is France's second largest suspension bridge spanning the Garonne, north-west of the city of Bordeaux. It forms part of the ring-road of Bordeaux and carries the A630 autoroute. It was completed in 1967 and it has 1757 meters in length and the main span is 394 meters long. Its effective road surface is 20 meters wide and is suspended 53 meters above the river.

阿基坦大橋是是法國第二大吊橋跨越加隆河，位於波爾多市西北，它波爾多環形道路和前往A630號多線道高速公路的一部分。1967年落成，長1,757公尺，主跨距長394公尺，橋面實際路寬20公尺，並懸距河面53公尺以上。

Austria - Europabrücke 歐羅巴大橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1971-10-08  

 

Stamp Issue : 1988-06-24 

Europabrücke, or Europe's bridge, is a 777 meters long bridge spanning the 657 meters Wipp valley just south of Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria. The A13 Brenner Autobahn (and European route E45) passes over this bridge, above the Sill River, forming part of the main route from western Austria to Italy via South Tirol across the Alps. It is also part of the main route between southeastern Germany and northern Italy.
The longest span between pillars is 198 meters built between 1959 and 1963, it was once Europe's highest bridge, standing 192 meters high above the ground, until it was topped out by France's Millau Viaduct on 14 December 2004.

歐羅巴大橋或稱歐洲之橋，是一座長達777公尺的橋梁，橫跨奧地利蒂羅爾州因斯布魯克市以南657公尺的維普河谷。布倫納的A13號高速公路（歐洲E45號道路）借道此橋越過錫爾河，形成西起奧地利經由蒂羅爾州南部穿越阿爾卑斯山脈到達義大利的主要路線，也同是由德國東南部通往義大利北部之主要途徑。
橋柱之間最長的跨度是198公尺，建於1959年至1963年間，它聳立於192公尺的高空，曾譽為歐洲最高的橋梁，直到2004年12月14日才被法國的米洛高架橋超過。

Italy - Brenta Bridge

 

Stamp Issue : 1948-10-03 

Brenta Bridge (Ponte Degli Alpini) is a wooden covered bridge on the Brenta River in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. It was designed in 1569 by the architect Andrea Palladio to replace a pre-existing construction existing at least from 1209. The bridge is a symbol of the Bassano del Grappa town. It was destroyed many times, the last time during WWII. The Alpine soldiers or Alpini have always revered the wooden bridge and Bassano del Grappa. After the destruction of the bridge, they took up a private collection and had the bridge completely rebuilt. Often soldiers flock to the bridge to remember and sing songs from their days as alpine soldiers. The grappa shop of Nardini Distillery is located on the bridge, also known as Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge).

 

Luxembourg - Adolphe Bridge 阿道夫大橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1935-05-01
  
 

Stamp Issue : 1964-12-07 

Adolphe Bridge is a stone arch bridge in Luxembourg City, in southern Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It has become an unofficial national symbol of sorts, representing Luxembourg's independence, and has become one of Luxembourg City's main tourist attractions.
The bridge 153 meters long features a large double arch with a span of 85 meters overhanging the Pétrusse valley 42 meters below. With a width of 17.2 meters, the bridge is connected via 4 communication lines with 3 of them connecting to train stations, and the other going to Ville Haute bus line, accompanied by 2 pedestrian walkways.
Adolphe Bridge was built between 1900 and 1903. Although it is now over 100 years old, it is also known as the New Bridge by people from Luxembourg City. The “old bridge” in this comparison is the footbridge, which was built between 1859 and 1861.

阿道夫大橋是位於盧森堡大公國南部盧森堡市的一座石拱橋，已經成為盧森堡非官方的象徵，代表了盧森堡的獨立，也是盧森堡市的主要旅遊景點。
大橋長153公尺，由一個大型雙拱以85公尺跨度越過42公尺下面的貝特流斯河谷。橋寬17.2公尺，有4條公交線路通過，其中三條通往火車站，還有一條是通往上城區的巴士專線，另有兩條人行道供行人使用。
阿道夫大橋建於1900年和1903年，雖然現在已滿100多年歷史，仍被盧森堡市民稱為新橋，相對於另座興建於1859年和1861年之間的步行橋為「老橋」。

United States - Peace Bridge

 

Stamp Issue : 1977-08-04 

Peace Bridge is an international bridge between Canada and the United States at the east end of Lake Erie at the mouth of the Niagara River, about 20 kilometres upriver of Niagara Falls. It connects the City of Buffalo, New York and the Town of Fort Erie, Ontario. It is operated and maintained by the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority.
The Peace Bridge consists of five arched spans over the Niagara River and a Parker through-truss span over the Black Rock Canal on the American side of the river. The total length is 1,768 m. Material used in the construction included 1,067 m of steelwork, 9,000 tons of structural steel and 800 tons of reinforcing steel in the concrete abutments. The Peace Bridge was named to commemorate 100 years of peace between the United States and Canada.
It was constructed as a highway bridge to address the needs of pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic which could not be accommodated on the International Railway Bridge, built in 1873.

 

France - Pont de pierre 皮埃爾大橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1949  

 

Stamp Issue : 1955-10-15  

 

Stamp Issue : 1957-07-19  





 

Stamp Issue : 1970-11-07  



 

Stamp Issue : 2004-04-26 

Stone Bridge (Pont de pierre) is an old bridge located in Bordeaux, in the Gironde department of France, which crosses Garonne River to connect cours Victor Hugo on the left and Avenue Thiers on the right.
As the first bridge over the Garonne River at Bordeaux, it was constructed from 1819 to 1822, during which the builders were faced with many challenges because of the strong current at that point in the river. They used a diving bell borrowed from the British to stabilize the bridge's pillars. The bridge is 487 meters long and has a total of seventeen arches, which correspond to the number of letters in the name of Napoléon Bonaparte. It was the only bridge until the construction of pont Saint-Jean in 1965.

皮埃爾橋是法國吉倫特省城市波爾多的一座老石墩橋，橫跨加隆河，連接左岸的維克多雨果林蔭道和右岸的梯也爾大街。
皮埃爾橋是加隆河在波爾多市裏的第一座橋梁，修建於1819年到1822年。在這三年中，建造者由於河中強烈的潮流而面臨許多挑戰。他們從英國借來潛水鐘穩定橋梁的支柱。它長487公尺，有17個拱（拿破崙名字的字母總數）。直到1965年興建聖約翰橋之前，皮埃爾橋一直是唯一的橋梁。

France - Pont-canal de Briare 布里亞爾運河橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1990-07-07 

Briare Canal Bridge (Pont-canal de Briare) is a metal girder canal bridge, built with the help of the engineer Gustave Eiffel. It is the longest canal bridge in Europe (662.7 meters). It allows both barges and pleasure boats to cross the Loire River and to pass from the left minor canal to the Briare canal. Built from 1890 to 1894, it was opened in 1896. In the late 19th century, this was a major transportation route for commodities and it was an architectural prowess to make such a bridge at that time.

布里亞爾運河橋是金屬梁柱的運河橋，由工程師古斯塔夫艾菲爾協助建造，長662.7公尺，是歐洲最長的運河橋， 此橋幫助駁船和遊艇跨越盧瓦爾河，也幫船隻從左側小運河通到布麗亞爾運河。它興建於1890至1894年間，到1896年才啟用。在19世紀的末葉，它不但是一個主要的運輸路線，也是當時築橋本領高超的一大展現。

Brazil - Pedestrian Overpass in São Paulo

 

Stamp Issue : 1952-11-08 

The overpass cross downtown streets in São Paulo. São Paulo is the capital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is the largest in Brazil and first in South America by population. It is located in the South East of the country. It is also the richest city of Brazil. The name means Saint Paul in Portuguese. The city has an area of 1,523 square kilometres and a population of 10,886,518, which makes it the most populous in Brazil, in South America and in the southern hemisphere. Greater São Paulo, which includes adjacent municipalities, has a population close to 20 million, making it the second largest in the Americas, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world.

Luxembourg - Passerelle

 

Stamp Issue : 1967-03-06 

The Passerelle, also known as the Luxembourg Viaduct, is a viaduct in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It runs southwards from the city centre, Ville Haute, carrying road traffic across the Pétrusse valley and connecting Boulevard Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Avenue de la Gare. It is 290m long, with 24 arches, and 45m above the valley floor.
It is also known as the Old Bridge (Luxembourgish: Al Bréck, French: Vieux pont, German: Alte Brücke) by people from Luxembourg City. The 'new bridge' in this comparison is the Adolphe Bridge, which was built between 1900 and 1903.
The Passerelle was built between 1859 and 1861 to connect the city centre with Luxembourg's new railway station, which was located away from the city centre so as to not detract from the defensive capabilities of the city's fortress.

 

Germany - Bad Säckingen Covered Bridge & Switzerland - Old Rhine Bridge

 

Stamp Issue : 2008-09-04 

Bad Säckingen Covered Bridge (Old Rhine Bridge) that links Bad Säckingen in Germany with Stein Aargau in Switzerland. It is the longest covered bridge main structure at just over 200 m in Germany, Switzerland and possibly in Europe. It is also Germanys southernmost covered bridge and probably has some of the oldest timbers still in use in a bridge. The bridge belongs to the German town of Bad Säckingen, but it crosses the border into Switzerland at the deepest part of the river. It has been restored many times and used to carry motor vehicles - now it is a pedestrian footbridge.

 
Many thanks Mrs. Kalpana Sharma mail above two beautiful bridge maximum cards of newest Joint issue Germany/Switzerland to me from Germany.

Netherland - Magere Brug

 

Stamp Issue : 1968-04-09 

Magere Brug ("Skinny Bridge") is a bridge spanning the River Amstel in the city centre of Amsterdam. It connects the banks of the river at Kerkstraat street, between Keizersgracht canal and Prinsengracht canal.
The Magere Brug is a bascule bridge made of white painted wood. It was built in 1934. The first bridge at this site was built in 1691 as Kerkstraatbrug and had 13 passes. Because this bridge was very small, the locals called it Magere brug, which means small or skinny bridge. In 1871 the state of the bridge was so bad that it was demolished en replaced by a wooden bridge with nine passes. Fifty years later this bridge also needed to be replaced. Architect P.L. Kramer made a few designs of steel and stone, but the city decided to replace the bridge with a new bridge that looked the same as the last one, only slightly bigger. In 1934 the bridge was demolished and replaced. The last major renovation was done in 1969. Until 1994 the bridge was opened by hand, now it's opened automatically.
Since 2003, only pedestrians and cyclists are allowed to use the bridge. Many times a day it is opened in order to let ships pass; the boats used for sightseeing tours are low enough to pass underneath the bridge when closed. The bridge is decorated with 1200 light bulbs that are turned on in the evening.

 

Portugal - Vasco da Gama Bridge

 

Stamp Issue : 1998-03-29 

Vasco da Gama Bridge (Ponte Vasco da Gama) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and roads that spans the Tagus River near Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It is the longest bridge in Europe (including viaducts), with a total length of 17.2 km, including 0.829 km for the main bridge, 11.5 km in viaducts, and 4.8 km in dedicated access roads. Its purpose is to alleviate the congestion on Lisbon's other bridge (25 de Abril Bridge), and to join previously unconnected motorways radiating from Lisbon.
The bridge was opened to traffic on March 29, 1998, 18 months after construction first began, just in time for Expo 98, the World's Fair that celebrated the 500th anniversary of the discovery by Vasco da Gama of the sea route from Europe to India.