Sentence examples for bridging the river from inspiring English sources

Two of the driving forces for bridging the river were the South Jersey farmers who were tired of depending on ferries to get their produce to Philadelphia, and the growing leisure class that, on returning from a weekend at the shore, found itself backed up for miles waiting to catch a ferry to the city.

Originally called Brunson Harbor and a part of St . Joseph it was renamed for Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri senator who had supported statehood for Michigan, and it was separately incorporated as a village in 1869, following a disagreement over bridging the river.

It may simply relate to the many difficulties experienced in bridging the River Thames, but a number of alternative theories have been put forward.

A small amount of explosives were also placed under a nearby bridge that bridged the Ginestra river.

We then headed to Kampong Cham with its impressive Mekong-spanning bridge; the river here is magnificent, brooding, massive.

And as even these preliminary drawings show, with their evocations of the bridge, the river, the valley's Indian past, the idea is a very contemporary one.

At the Beier Bridge, the river crashes down a cliff to create the spectacular Waterfall at Molla, as well as ephemeral rainbows in the misty spray.

Emerging from under the bridge the river curves sinuously as it crosses the sand on the final stage of its journey to the sea.

It didn't help that, just below the bridge, the river widened into a small lake.

Just above Shawford Bridge, the river and navigation diverged, with Shawford Mill just below the junction.

Passing under Dingle Road bridge, the river then flows through Sea Mills river park, passing under the Portway and the Severn Beach railway line before joining the river Avon.