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Crossing That Bridge When We Come To It
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Crossing That Bridge When We Come To It

Civil Engineer Brian Brenner shares quirky views of the engineering profession and life.

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Playing With Blocks Provides Lessons On Resilient Design

A structural engineer compares ideas with his one-year-old grandson
Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
December 8, 2018
2 Comments
Working on resilient designs with my one year old grandson.
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Quebec Bridge
A visit to the beautiful, haunted bridge in Quebec City

Bridge Bucket List: Quebec Bridge

Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
November 12, 2018
One Comment
The beautiful old cantilever truss bridge spans the St. Lawrence River and adversity.
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Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Structural Engineering and The Human Spirit

The Bridge as Metaphor For Crossing From Life To...What Comes After

We can learn from poems, Disney and Zoroastrian legends
Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
October 25, 2018
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The most poignant bridge metaphor is of providing a crossing to the hereafter.
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LA Overhead
Song and dance and lots of traffic.

Highways in La La Land

Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
October 23, 2018
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In a filmed version of LA, everyone sings and dances, and traffic jams are an opportunity for the big opening number.
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Nice Cake
A High-Calorie Fund-Raiser in Boston

A Comparison of Cakes and Bridges

Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
October 2, 2018
One Comment
Bridges and cakes are sweet.
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Memorial Bridge 2

Strange Doings on Memorial Bridge

Unusual Sights on Springfield's Iconic Arch Bridge
Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
September 4, 2018
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Springfield's beautiful old arch bridge is tough, having survived tornadoes and prancing beasts.
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Rion-Antirion Bridge
Transportation Musings

Mamma Mia! How a Movie of ABBA Songs Could Have Used a Real Bridge

Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
August 21, 2018
One Comment
Greek mythology, song and dance and a show-stopper bridge on the Gulf of Corinth.
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Sea of Pavement

The Junction of State Route 27 and US Route 1

Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
August 20, 2018
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An intersection in the suburbs south of Boston.


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Steel Cantilever Bridge
Trains to the Klondike Gold Rush

Infrastructure Inspiration for Dudley Do-Right of the Canadian Mounties

A startling railroad viaduct, a steel cantilever that would impress Moose and Squirrel
Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
July 16, 2018
2 Comments
Thoughts on a late-nineteenth-century railroad viaduct for the Klondike Gold Rush.
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A Historic UFO Sighting, A Covered Bridge and an Earthly Dispute

Commemorating an encounter with unidentified flying object
Brian Brenner
Brian Brenner
June 26, 2018
2 Comments

A 1969 UFO event meets up with a 2018 debate about public land.


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