YURIBEY BRIDGE

The Yuribey Bridge is a 2.4-mile-long railway bridge on the Obskaya-Bovanenkovo Line. It has two main spans of 490 feet. It is the longest bridge above the Arctic Circle.

YURIBEY RIVER BRIDGE, RUSSIA

KARSKAYA STATION

Karskaya station, at the end of the extension of the Obskaya-Bovanenkovo Line, in Russia, is the northernmost railway station in the world.

OBSKAYA-BOVANENKOVO LINE

The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line is a railway line in northern Russia, which was built and is owned by Gazprom. The railway is the northernmost railway in the world. It was opened for traffic in 2010 and was built for the gas fields around Bovanenkovo on the Yamal Peninsula. In February 2011, it was extended to the Karskaya station, making it 355 miles long. (Prior to the opening of the Obskaya-Bovanenkovo line, the Kirkenes-Bjørnevatn, a 5.2-mile-long railway in Norway, was the world’s northernmost railway).

Obskaya-Bovanenkovo Railway Line in blue color

FASTEST-GROWING CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE U.S.

FASTEST GROWING CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE U.S. Populations of 10,000 or more April 1, 2010
National Rank	State Rank	Name	2010 Population	2019 Population	Numeric Difference	Percent Difference
1	1	Herriman city, UT	21,768	51,348	29,580	135.9
2	1	Leander city, TX	27,288	62,608	35,320	129.4
3	2	Little Elm city, TX	25,892	53,126	27,234	105.2
4	3	Forney city, TX	13,189	27,236	13,417	97.1
5	1	Bluffton town, SC	13,054	25,557	12,503	95.8
6	2	Fort Mill town, SC	11,529	22,284	10,755	93.3
7	1	Queen Creek town, AZ	26,736	50,890	24,154	90.3
8	2	Saratoga Springs city, UT	17,842	33,282	15,440	86.5
9	1	Williston city, ND	15,943	29,033	13,090	82.1
10	3	Eagle Mountain city, UT	21,936	38,391	16,455	75.0

SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

EL PASO, TEXAS V. CICERO, ILLINOIS – HISPANIC POPULATION

Although El Paso, Texas sits on the border with Mexico, Cicero, Illinois has a higher percentage of its population identifying as Hispanic.

CUMBERLAND GAP TUNNEL

The Cumberland Gap Tunnel is 4,600-foot vehicular tunnel that carries U.S. Route 25E under Cumberland Gap National Historical Park near the intersection of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. The eastern entrance to the tunnel is located in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee and the western exit is located in Middlesboro, Kentucky. The Cumberland Gap Tunnel is one of only two mountain vehicular tunnels in the United States that cross a state line, the other being the East River Mountain Tunnel on Interstate 77 between Virginia and West Virginia.

EAST RIVER MOUNTAIN TUNNEL

The East River Mountain Tunnel is a 5,142-foot vehicular tunnel that carries Interstate 77 and U.S. Route 52 through East River Mountain between the communities of Bluefield, West Virginia and Rocky Gap, Virginia. The East River Mountain Tunnel is one of only two land vehicular tunnels in the United States that cross a state line, the other being the Cumberland Gap Tunnel (Kentucky and Tennessee). The state line falls almost exactly across the midpoint of the tunnel, with 51% of the tunnel residing in West Virginia and the remaining 49% on the Virginia side.