Recently in bridges:

One of China’s new glass-bottom bridges cracks — 3,500 feet above Earth
Suspended some 3,500 feet above sea level, a brand-new glass-bottom bridge clinging to China’s Yuntai Mountain has left some tourists terrified. The U-shaped bridge spans  the mountain’s face in Henan Province, giving tourists a chance to see the absence of ground between their feet and the sharp rocks below.

Inspection finds bridge in Louisiana, Mo., needs 1,500 new rivets
The Champ Clark Bridge, which tops the statewide list of rural spans that need replacement, is in need of 1,500 new rivets on its underside and will be closed to do the repairs later this month, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.

Bend parks seeks pedestrian bridge across Deschutes
The Bend Park & Recreation District would like to build a pedestrian bridge in the Deschutes River canyon south of Bend but is likely to spend the next several years navigating a series of regulatory hurdles.

How Santa Monica's California Incline is Being Rebuilt Better and Stronger
The bridge is being built to survive without the help of the bluff this time. "Before, it was part bridge, part asphalt-and-dirt. Now the bridge is going to be an individual unit that is separated from the bluff," says the Santa Monica Public Works Department's Incline project manager.

Room for bridges:
The Deschutes River Trail runs a little more than two miles north of Meadow Camp on the west side of the river. But it ends with no way to access the trail again on the east side of the river in south Bend.

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