Monday, May 25, 2020

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

Sunday, May 24, 2020

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.



Saturday, May 23, 2020

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

Friday, May 22, 2020

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

Thursday, May 21, 2020

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.



Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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.