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Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Maryland)
The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge is the name of several bridges in the United States: *Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Connecticut), over the Quinnipiac River *Pearl Harbor Remembrance Bridge (Maine), over the Kennebec River, sometimes referred to as the Memorial Bridge * Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Maryland), over the Severn River *Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Pennsylvania) The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge is a bridge that carries Interstate 476 (I-476) across the Schuylkill River between West Conshohocken and Connaughtown. Originally an unnamed bridge, Richard Tilghman, a state representative, proposed legislation ..., over the Schuylkill River See also * Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway, several roads * Delaware Memorial Bridge {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Connecticut)
The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, commonly referred to as the Q Bridge by locals, is an extradosed bridge that carries Interstate 95 (Connecticut Turnpike) over the mouth of the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, in the U.S. state of Connecticut. This bridge replaced the original 1,300 m (0.8 mi) span which opened on January 2, 1958. The old bridge had a girder and floorbeam design where steel beams supported a concrete bridge deck that carried three lanes of traffic in each direction with no inside or outside shoulders. The bridge was officially dedicated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in 1995 to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor. The old Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge was replaced by a $554 million 10-lane extradosed bridge; the northbound span of which opened to traffic on June 22, 2012. Southbound traffic was shifted onto the new bridge, sharing the northbound span with northbound traffic until the new southbound span was completed in late 2015. Since the Gibbs Stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Bridge (Maine)
The Pearl Harbor Remembrance Bridge (formerly the Gardiner-Randolph Bridge), is a steel girder and concrete bridge that crosses the Kennebec River between Gardiner and Randolph, Maine. It carries Maine State Routes 9, 126, and 27. It was built in 1980 to replace an older truss bridge several hundred yards downstream. The bridge was given its current name in 2001 to honor the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, j .... References Road bridges in Maine Bridges in Kennebec County, Maine Bridges completed in 1980 Attack on Pearl Harbor Monuments and memorials in Maine World War II memorials in the United States Steel bridges in the United States Concrete bridges in the United States Girder bridges in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Maryland)
The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge is the name of several bridges in the United States: *Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Connecticut), over the Quinnipiac River *Pearl Harbor Remembrance Bridge (Maine), over the Kennebec River, sometimes referred to as the Memorial Bridge * Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Maryland), over the Severn River *Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Pennsylvania) The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge is a bridge that carries Interstate 476 (I-476) across the Schuylkill River between West Conshohocken and Connaughtown. Originally an unnamed bridge, Richard Tilghman, a state representative, proposed legislation ..., over the Schuylkill River See also * Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway, several roads * Delaware Memorial Bridge {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Pennsylvania)
The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge is a bridge that carries Interstate 476 (I-476) across the Schuylkill River between West Conshohocken and Connaughtown. Originally an unnamed bridge, Richard Tilghman, a state representative, proposed legislation to change the name of the bridge to commemorate the events that drew the United States into World War II. The bridge is notable for being in one of the most heavily-congested areas in the Philadelphia area. The bridge was chosen for the rename due to Conshohocken and West Conshohocken West Conshohocken is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2010 census. Its sister community is Conshohocken, located across the Schuylkill River. Montgomery County's seat, Norristown, is lo ...’s refusal to rename the Matsonford Bridge due to its important history. See also * List of crossings of the Schuylkill River References Road bridges in Pennsylvania Bridges over the Schuylkill Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway
Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway may refer to: * Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway, designated along Interstate 10 in the rural areas of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Florida * Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway, designated along US-169 through Tulsa, Oklahoma * Pearl Harbor/ Memorial Highway, designated along State Highway 77H in Norman, Moore, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma * Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway, part of Interstate 69 running through Shiawassee County, Michigan * Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway, Interstate 65 through Johnson County, Indiana See also * Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension in New Jersey * the West Shore Expressway West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ... in New York, ceremonially designated the Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway by Gov. Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
