The Bridge between two continents at SandvÃ­k is a small footbridge over a major fissure which provides clear evidence of the presence of a diverging plate margin. The bridge was built as a symbol for the connection between Europe and North America.
The Ludendorff Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Bridge at Remagen) was in early March 1945 one of two remaining bridges across the River Rhine in Germany when it was captured during the Battle of Remagen by United States Army forces during the closing weeks of World War II.
In the recent past I have crossed the River Rea, when in flood, over the bridge at the junction of Coleys Lane and Station Road, Northfield and seen the sandbags piled by the residents outside their front doors in an attempt to keep the deluge of water at bay.