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Clackline Bridge
Clackline Bridge is a road bridge in Clackline, Western Australia, 77 kilometres (48 mi) east of Perth, that carried Great Eastern Highway until 2008. It is the only bridge in Western Australia to have spanned both a waterway and railway, the Clackline Brook and the former Eastern Railway alignment. The mainly timber bridge has a unique curved and sloped design, due to the difficult topography and the route of the former railway. The bridge was designed in 1934 to replace two dangerous rail crossings and a rudimentary water crossing. Construction began in January 1935, and the opening ceremony was held on 30 August 1935. The bridge was still a safety hazard, with increasing severity and numbers of accidents in the 1970s and 1980s. Planning for a highway bypass of Clackline and the Clackline Bridge began in the 1990s, and was constructed between January 2007 and February 2008. The local community had been concerned that the historic bridge would be lost, but it remains part of the local road network, and has been listed on both the Northam Municipal Heritage Inventory and the Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places. (Full article...)
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From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Lena Nyadbi standing in front of her most notable work, "Dayiwul Lirlmim". (Paris, June 2013)
... that one of Lena Nyadbi's (pictured) works, Dayiwul Lirlmim, can be seen from the Eiffel Tower?
... that Hansjürgen Reinicke was chief of staff to Vice Admiral Otto Ciliax during the Channel Dash?
... that the Indianapolis Traction Terminal was reputedly the largest interurban terminal ever built?
... that missing woman Holly Bobo is the cousin of country singer Whitney Duncan?
... that the Global Citizenship Education approach has been supported by organizations such as UNESCO and Oxfam?
... that the gray-collared chipmunk supplements its fruit and seed-based diet with fungi, greenery and insects?
... that Charlie Guy, who served in the Ambulance Corps during World War I, sent Cleveland's star halfback to the hospital with a broken shoulder and ribs in the first game of the 1920 NFL season?
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In the news


Landslide damage in Hiroshima
Hamas and Israel agree to a long-term ceasefire brokered by Egypt after seven weeks of conflict.
At the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, Modern Family wins Outstanding Comedy Series and Breaking Bad wins Outstanding Drama Series.
A copy of the 1938 Action Comics #1 is auctioned for US$3.2 million, the highest price paid for a single issue of a comic book.
Bank of America agrees to pay more than US$16 billion for the sale of risky mortgage-backed securities before the Great Recession.
At least 71 people are killed by a series of landslides (damage pictured) in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak – ISIL Iraq offensive – Ukrainian conflict
Recent deaths: Richard Attenborough – U. R. Ananthamurthy

On this day...


August 30: Paryushana begins (Digambar Jains, 2014); Constitution Day in Kazakhstan (1995); St. Rose of Lima's Day in Peru; Victory Day in Turkey

Parliament House, Melbourne
1799 – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: A squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic surrendered to the Royal Navy without a fight near Wieringen.
1835 – European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra River in Southeastern Australia founded the city of Melbourne (Parliament House pictured).
1862 – American Civil War: In separate actions, Confederate forces were victorious in both the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky and the Second Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia.
1918 – Fanni Kaplan shot and wounded Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, helping to spark the Red Terror in the future Soviet Union, a repression against Socialist-Revolutionary Party members and other political opponents.
1984 – Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its maiden voyage.
More anniversaries: August 29 – August 30 – August 31
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From today's featured article


Clackline Bridge
Clackline Bridge is a road bridge in Clackline, Western Australia, 77 kilometres (48 mi) east of Perth, that carried Great Eastern Highway until 2008. It is the only bridge in Western Australia to have spanned both a waterway and railway, the Clackline Brook and the former Eastern Railway alignment. The mainly timber bridge has a unique curved and sloped design, due to the difficult topography and the route of the former railway. The bridge was designed in 1934 to replace two dangerous rail crossings and a rudimentary water crossing. Construction began in January 1935, and the opening ceremony was held on 30 August 1935. The bridge was still a safety hazard, with increasing severity and numbers of accidents in the 1970s and 1980s. Planning for a highway bypass of Clackline and the Clackline Bridge began in the 1990s, and was constructed between January 2007 and February 2008. The local community had been concerned that the historic bridge would be lost, but it remains part of the local road network, and has been listed on both the Northam Municipal Heritage Inventory and the Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places. (Full article...)
Recently featured: 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game – Creek Turnpike – ARA Rivadavia
Archive – By email – More featured articles...

Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Lena Nyadbi standing in front of her most notable work, "Dayiwul Lirlmim". (Paris, June 2013)
... that one of Lena Nyadbi's (pictured) works, Dayiwul Lirlmim, can be seen from the Eiffel Tower?
... that Hansjürgen Reinicke was chief of staff to Vice Admiral Otto Ciliax during the Channel Dash?
... that the Indianapolis Traction Terminal was reputedly the largest interurban terminal ever built?
... that missing woman Holly Bobo is the cousin of country singer Whitney Duncan?
... that the Global Citizenship Education approach has been supported by organizations such as UNESCO and Oxfam?
... that the gray-collared chipmunk supplements its fruit and seed-based diet with fungi, greenery and insects?
... that Charlie Guy, who served in the Ambulance Corps during World War I, sent Cleveland's star halfback to the hospital with a broken shoulder and ribs in the first game of the 1920 NFL season?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Landslide damage in Hiroshima
Hamas and Israel agree to a long-term ceasefire brokered by Egypt after seven weeks of conflict.
At the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, Modern Family wins Outstanding Comedy Series and Breaking Bad wins Outstanding Drama Series.
A copy of the 1938 Action Comics #1 is auctioned for US$3.2 million, the highest price paid for a single issue of a comic book.
Bank of America agrees to pay more than US$16 billion for the sale of risky mortgage-backed securities before the Great Recession.
At least 71 people are killed by a series of landslides (damage pictured) in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak – ISIL Iraq offensive – Ukrainian conflict
Recent deaths: Richard Attenborough – U. R. Ananthamurthy

On this day...


August 30: Paryushana begins (Digambar Jains, 2014); Constitution Day in Kazakhstan (1995); St. Rose of Lima's Day in Peru; Victory Day in Turkey

Parliament House, Melbourne
1799 – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: A squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic surrendered to the Royal Navy without a fight near Wieringen.
1835 – European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra River in Southeastern Australia founded the city of Melbourne (Parliament House pictured).
1862 – American Civil War: In separate actions, Confederate forces were victorious in both the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky and the Second Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia.
1918 – Fanni Kaplan shot and wounded Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, helping to spark the Red Terror in the future Soviet Union, a repression against Socialist-Revolutionary Party members and other political opponents.
1984 – Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its maiden voyage.
More anniversaries: August 29 – August 30 – August 31
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now August 30, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




Today's featured picture


Two-point equidistant projection
A two-point equidistant projection of Eurasia. All distances of other points from the two points marked in red (45°N 40°E and 30°N 110°E) are correct. This map is a derivative of NASA's Blue Marble summer month composite, with oceans lightened to enhance legibility and contrast.
Map: Strebe, using the Geocart map projection software
Recently featured: Spread-winged skipper – Taj Mahal Mosque – Leiocephalus personatus

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This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,592,363 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
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