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Article #14137Re: Cabin John Bridge - MacArthur Blvd.
From: Paul S. Wolf
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:00
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John R Cambron wrote: > bentley@access.digex.net.nyetspam wrote: > > > There is a "Cabin John Bridge" - it carries MacArthur Boulevard > > (and do you know *its* former name?) over Cabin John creek about > > 1/2 mile away from the American Legion Bridge. The "real" > > CJBridge, by the way, is a very impressive arch design (a former > > aqueduct converted to a road) which I believe dates back well > > over 100 years. > > It still is an aqueduct, and it happens to be the long single span > stone arch in the world. Not only is the bridge in question an aqueduct, but so is virtually the entire length of Macarthur Blvd. for all intents and purposes. The Washington Aqueduct, which is just below the road surface, carries the bulk of the water feeding the DC water supply. -- Paul S. Wolf, PE mailto:Paul.S.Wolf@alum.wpi.edu Traffic Engineer, Cuyahoga County Engineer's Office, Cleveland, Ohio Past President, Great Lakes Region, Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs Winding Rivers Dist. Advancement Comm., Greater Cleveland Council, BSA Advancement Webmaster, US Scouting Service Project (www.usscouts.org)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,21e72ce72d573de6 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public From: "Paul S. Wolf" <Paul.S.Wolf@alum.wpi.edu> Subject: Re: Cabin John Bridge - MacArthur Blvd. Date: 1998/08/21 Message-ID: <35DCCF3E.9B093B6D@alum.wpi.edu> X-Deja-AN: 383190104 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <35D3B737.C4B63EC3@iname.remove-this.com> <SnvB1.432$7b4.365101113@newsreader.digex.net> <6r72b0$d65$1@news6.ispnews.com> <resch.903359996@millkern.com> <6raekc$j0m$1@news6.ispnews.com> <13jC1.295$ZI4.129171588@newsreader.digex.net> <6rfc11$cb1$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6rigmn$8su$1@news6.ispnews.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: The Cuyahoga County Engineer's Office MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Paul.S.Wolf@alum.wpi.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:35:42 EDT Newsgroups: dc.driving