An informative Web site on the general topic of historic bridges is www. iceandcoal.org/bridges/bridgenews.html , created and maintained by Lawrence Biemiller, a senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education . Another good source is www.historicbridgefoundation. com , organized by Kitty Henderson, a “pontist” in Austin, Texas.
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