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Bridges and Tunnels — bonus #18 answers
Theme: Bridges and Tunnels
Starting event: The Brooklyn Bridge opens as the first fixed crossing of the East River (1883)
The full timeline
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1781Iron
The Iron Bridge opens over the Severn, the first major bridge made of cast iron
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1825Canals
The Erie Canal is completed, linking the Atlantic to the Great Lakes
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1826Suspension
Thomas Telford completes his suspension bridge over the Menai Strait
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1843
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1864
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1883IronStarting event
The Brooklyn Bridge opens as the first fixed crossing of the East River
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1890Cantilever
The Forth Bridge is completed, its cantilevers spanning the firth in Scotland
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1894
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1914Canals
The Panama Canal is inaugurated, joining the Atlantic and the Pacific
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1927
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1932
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1936
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1937Suspension
The Golden Gate Bridge opens across the entrance to San Francisco Bay
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1940Failures
A suspension bridge over the Tacoma Narrows tears itself apart in the wind
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1981Suspension
The Humber Bridge opens as the longest single-span suspension bridge of its day
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1988Tunnels
The Seikan Tunnel opens under the strait between two Japanese islands
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1994
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1997
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1998Suspension
The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge is completed with the longest central span in the world
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2004Viaducts
The Millau Viaduct is completed across a valley in southern France
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2016