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Friendship Bridge (other)
Friendship Bridge may refer to: Bridges Asia * Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge, over the Amu Darya River * Amizade Bridge (Macau), between the Macau Peninsula and Taipa Island * Armenia-Georgia Friendship bridge, between Sadakhlo and Bagratashen, over the Debed river * Friendship Bridge (Shiwei) between Russia and Inner Mongolia at Shiwei, Inner Mongolia and Olochi, Russia, over the Argun River * Korea–Russia Friendship Bridge, between Russia and North Korea * Malaysia-Brunei Friendship Bridge, over the Pandaruan River * Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge, a planned bridge over the Gulf of Bahrain * Rantau Panjang–Sungai Golok Bridge, between Malaysia and Thailand over the Kolok River * Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, between China and North Korea over the Yalu River * Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge, between China and Nepal over the Sun Kosi River * Tajik-Afghan Friendship Bridge, over the Panj River * Youyi Bridge (the Chinese name for friendship), at Thakot, Pakistan, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge
The Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge is a List of road–rail bridges, road–rail bridge across the Amu Darya, Oxus River in Central Asia, connecting the town of Hairatan in Afghanistan with the town of Termez in Uzbekistan. It was built by the Soviet Union (connected with the erstwhile Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Uzbek SSR) and opened in 1982 as a military supply route during the Soviet–Afghan War. Today, it is used for trade and travel purposes between the two independent countries. Overview The Friendship Bridge is the only fixed link across the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, which follows the Amu River for its entire length. The bridge is located some north of the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The nearest other bridge across the Amu Darya is some to the west, a Pipeline transport, pipeline bridge crossing the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, Afghanistan-Turkmenistan border from/to the Lebap Region. Before the Soviet–Afghan War there was no fixed road or ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge
Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system Places * 3rd Street (other) * Third Avenue (other) * Highway 3 Music Music theory *Interval number of three in a musical interval **Major third, a third spanning four semitones **Minor third, a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones **Neutral third, wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third **Augmented third, an interval of five semitones **Diminished third, produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone *Third (chord), chord member a third above the root *Degree (music), three away from tonic **Mediant, third degree of the diatonic scale **Submediant, sixth degree of the diatonic scale – three steps below the tonic ** Chromatic mediant, chromatic relationship by thirds *Ladder of thirds, similar to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace Bridge (other)
Peace Bridge is a bridge over the Niagara River, linking Canada and the United States. Peace Bridge may also refer to: Bridges: * Peace Bridge (Calgary), a pedestrian bridge crossing the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, Canada * Peace Bridge (Foyle), a bridge in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, built as part of the City of Culture 2013 project * Peace Bridge (Mongolia), a bridge in the center of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia * Bridge of Peace, a pedestrian bridge in Tbilisi, Georgia * Passerelle de la Paix (Peace Bridge), a pedestrian bridge in Lyon, France * Senator George Mitchell Peace Bridge, informally called the Peace Bridge, between Counties Fermanagh and Cavan on the Ireland - United Kingdom border * Bering Strait bridge A Bering Strait crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel that would span the relatively narrow and shallow Bering Strait between the Chukotka Peninsula in Russia and the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The crossing would pr ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendship Bridge (non-profit)
Friendship Bridge is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Lakewood, Colorado, distributing microcredit to women and children in rural Guatemala since 2000. From 1994 to 2000, the organization distributed loans in Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende .... Background Founded in 1989, Friendship Bridge was the vision of Dr. Theodore C. Ning, a urologic surgeon and clinical professor of urology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and his wife Connie Ning, a psychotherapist. Operations In Guatemala, Friendship Bridge has seven branch agencies providing microfinance to different provincial areas. Programs As of 2007, Friendship Bridge had provided nearly $8 million in loans to women, and more than 21,000 scholarships to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puente La Amistad De Taiwán
Puente La Amistad de Taiwán ( English: "Taiwan Friendship Bridge") spans the Tempisque River, on National Route 18, in Guanacaste, northern Costa Rica. Although generally known as a cable-stayed bridge, it is really a hybrid bridge composed of a cable-stayed span and a pillar-supported bridge. The cable-stayed section has two spans of 170 and 90 metres, supported by an 80-metre-high pylon. The total length of the bridge is 780 metres with eight supporting pillars and the pylon. The bridge was completed in 2003. The bridge was financed and designed by Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ... and built primarily by the Taiwanese company MAA, with participation of Costa Rican engineers and workers. It has a particular importance for the province of Guanacaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendship Bridge (Brazil–Paraguay)
The Friendship Bridge (, ) is an arch bridge connecting the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu and the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este. History and importance The bridge was opened to traffic on 27 March 1965. The space between the main arch is . The bridge itself is long. The bridge is very important to the economies of both Foz do Iguaçu and Ciudad del Este. BR-277 begins immediately after the end of the bridge in the Brazilian side, and National Route N° 7 in the Paraguayan side. Smuggling The Friendship Bridge is a major point for smuggling in the region, with Brazilians coming to purchase goods from Paraguay as Paraguay does not impose tariffs on foreign goods. Brazil has been imposing stricter border security to try and crack down on it. Gallery File:Ponte da amizade.jpg File:Ciudad del Este puente de la Amistad.jpg Image:Brazil.Paraguay.border.jpg, The exact border point along the bridge. See also * Brazil–Paraguay border *List of international bridges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendship Bridge (Estonia-Russia)
Friendship Bridge (, ) is a bridge spanning the Narva River. It links the city of Narva in Estonia with the town of Ivangorod in Russia. The Narva Friendship Bridge is part of the European route E20. The length of the bridge is 162 m. The bridge was finished in October 1960. See also * List of international bridges References Bridges in Estonia Estonia–Russia border crossings Buildings and structures in Narva Transport in Narva International bridges Bridges completed in 1960 {{Narva-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giurgiu-Ruse Friendship Bridge
The Danube Bridge (also known as the Friendship Bridge; , ''Most na druzhbata'' or, more commonly, , ''Dunav most''; or ''Podul de la Giurgiu'') is a steel truss bridge over the Danube River connecting the Bulgarian bank to the south with the Romanian bank to the north and the cities of Ruse and Giurgiu respectively. It is one of only two bridges connecting Romania and Bulgaria, the other one being the New Europe Bridge between the cities of Vidin and Calafat. History Opened on 20 June 1954 and designed by Soviet engineers V. Andreev and N. Rudomazin, the bridge is long and was, at the time, the only bridge over the Danube shared by Bulgaria and Romania, with other traffic being served by ferries and land routes. Decorations were designed by Bulgarian architect Georgi Ovcharov. The bridge has two decks; a two lane motorway and a railway. Sidewalks for pedestrians are also included. The central part of the bridge (85 m) is mobile and can be lifted for oversized boats p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendship Bridge (Tartu)
Sõpruse Bridge () is a bridge in Tartu, Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru .... This is the longest bridge in Estonia. Its length is 488.2 m and width 26.5 m.Aimar Jugaste. Siia- ja sinnapoole Emajõge, Edasi, 8. detsember 1981 The bridge was opened on 5 December 1981. See also * List of bridges in Estonia References Bridges in Tartu {{Tartu-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendship Bridge (Germany-France)
The Friendship Bridge (, ) is a bridge which crosses the Saar (river), Saar river, south of Saarbrücken, and links the Saarland municipality of Kleinblittersdorf with the Lorraine Communes of France, commune of Grosbliederstroff. Although the idea of having a bridge between the two places, linked with each other for centuries, originated in the 1860s, the bridge was in fact first built in 1880. Having been destroyed at the beginning of the Second World War, it was newly built in 1964. The bridge's current form as a footbridge was constructed in 1993. While it impresses neither through architectural boldness nor through record breaking dimensions, the varied history of Franco-German relations, from "French-German enmity, hereditary enmity" to a strong partnership within the European Union, can be interpreted through the bridge, especially since the 1963 Élysée Treaty came into force. While at times the bridge served as a border crossing between France and Germany, between thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
