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Ririe Reservoir: Recorded Oct, 2020. The Ririe Reservoir is a reservoir located near Ririe, Idaho. It allows for irrigation, flood control, and provides recreational opportunities. In 1972 the Ririe Dam, built on Willow Creek by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, was the site of the first practical application of steel fibrous shotcrete, which was used to build a tunnel adit.[2] The dam's total capacity is more than 100,000 acre-feet of water. On October 14, 1976, the Corps of Engineers formally transferred control of the dam to the United States Bureau of Reclamation.[3] Wikipedia Track: Blossom — SOMM [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/Lm7N-qVHI4o Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/blossom

The Steamboat Bill Memorial Bridges are two bridges that span one of the widest points along the Tennessee River within the City of Decatur, Alabama, between Morgan County, and Limestone County. One is a cantilever truss, and the other is a reinforced concrete. The bridges carry US 31, Alternate US 72, and Alabama State Route 20 from the intersection of Wilson Street (Alternate US 72, and Alabama 20), and 6th Avenue (US 31) in Northest Decatur. This bridge is also the busiest road in the city of Decatur. At around 5:00 PM, traffic comes to a standstill as nearly 20,000 cars attempt to cross the river into the city from workplaces in and around Huntsville. About 50,000 - 55,000 cars travel over the bridge daily. The first bridge built here was the William Keller Bridge, completed in 1928. This drawbridge served as the primary until the cantilever truss bridge was built in 1963. The Keller Bridge carried the west bound traffic and the new bridge carried the east bound traffic. As time moved on the currents of the Tennessee River changed and running barges through the narrow gap created by the drawbridge became more dangerous, and the bridge was hit several times by barges. Also, with the amount of traffic carried by the road, the drawbridge could produce mile long traffic jams. In 1999 the new concrete bridge opened. Eastbound traffic was shifted to the new bridge, westbound was moved to the cantilever bridge, and the Keller Bridge was removed. (Wikipedia)(Thaddeus Roan)

The Norfolk Southern Tennessee River Bridge is a lift bridge operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway over the Tennessee River at Decatur in the north central part of Alabama in the United States. While it is owned and operated by Norfolk Southern, the majority of the railroad traffic over the bridge is from another company, CSX Transportation. There has been a railroad bridge or ferry at this location since the late 1850s. The bridge is on the Norfolk Southern mainline between Sheffield, Alabama and Chattanooga, Tennessee and the CSXT mainline between Birmingham, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee (S&NA North Subdivision). This bridge also serves as a vital link between North Alabama and Greater Birmingham/Central Alabama. The Port of Decatur, which serves as an intramodal terminal for many industries in the region, benefits from the bridge's important location inside Decatur. https://www.revolvy.com/page/Norfolk-Southern-Tennessee-River-Bridge Both CSX and Norfolk Southern share this common Tennessee River crossing. Norfolk Southern owns the tracks and the bridge, and leases space to CSX for its crossing. First bridge built on this spot was burned during the Civil War, replaced with a pontoon bridge. A swing bridge was built in 1885, and it was replaced by this modern drawbridge in 1978-79. https://bridgehunter.com/al/limestone/bh38441/ Music: A Himitsu - Adventures [Argofox] https://soundcloud.com/argofox/a-himitsu-adventures

Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Marrowbone Creek on Abandoned Central Tennessee Railway in Ashland City, Tn