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Cool Isometric Cutaway of Taft Memorial Bridge

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An incredible architectural and engineering diagram of the Taft Memorial Bridge.

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Check these out … what a cool diagram of Taft Memorial Bridge. We dug this one up at the Library of Congress.

isometrical view of Taft Memorial Bridge

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