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				<title><![CDATA[Row River Trail bridge is part of 14 miles of abandoned railway managed by BLM Oregon Eugene District as part of the Rails-to-Trails project.]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[A railroad bridge on a scenic trail through BLM Colorado Royal Gorge Field Office offers breathtaking views.]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the U.S. Geological Survey will fund $29.4 million in earthquake network upgrades nationwide through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  Salazar made the announcement at a press conference in San Francisco behind the Ferry Building overlooking the Bay Bridge, which was heavily damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.  Pictured left to right: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-16th CA), Jackie Speier (D-12th CA), Secretary Salazar, and Rep Grace Napolitano (D-38th CA) at a press conference to announce recovery act funding in San Francisco.]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the U.S. Geological Survey will fund $29.4 million in earthquake network upgrades nationwide through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  Pictured left to right: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-16th CA), Jackie Speier (D-12th CA), Secretary Salazar, and Rep Grace Napolitano (D-38th CA) at a press conference to announce recovery act funding in San Francisco.  The visual aid to the left shows the Bay Bridge that was damaged by the 1989 earthquake.]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[The Bridge and Train Trestle across the Alapaha provide USGS hydrologic technicians and emergency crews a good survey of flooding conditions for making measurements.]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS hydrologic technicians survey the volume of water discharging across flooded state road 141 from the Withlacoochee River near Lee, Florida (Monday, April 13, 2009).
Courtesy of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
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				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_15_2009_typ0SFe66L_04_15_2009_2</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Visitors from Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent learn about bridge operations on U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Aerial view of roadbed collapse near the interface of the cantilever and truss sections of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. View northwestward.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_13</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Aerial view of the collapsed section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. View westward.]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Structural failure of twin bridges carrying Highway 1 across Struve Slough near Watsonville.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_92</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Closeup of collapsed bridge section on Highway 1 at Struve Slough.]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Support column of bridge across Struve Slough, Highway 1.  Enlargement of hole where support enters the ground is an effect of lateral shaking, which caused the concrete to break up where the column joined the bridge and was instrumental in the roadbed collapse.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_96</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[The canoe, &#034;Salmon Dancer," is launched in preparation for leaving on a tribal journey]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[The canoe, &#034;Salmon Dancer," is launched in preparation for leaving on a tribal journey]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/323</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[The canoe, &#034;Salmon Dancer," is launched in preparation for leaving on a tribal journey]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Coast Salish press conference and partnership celebration.]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/182</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[Un-used railroad bridge that collapsed, part of which is being washed downstream]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS personnel monitoring river in Cedar Rapids, IA. The day after this picture was taken, the railroad bridge and train in the background were washed away by the floodwater]]></title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Jason McVay being interviewed by Cedar Rapids Channel 2. The day after this picture was taken, the railroad bridge and train in the background were washed away by the floodwater]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/112</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS personnel monitoring river in Cedar Rapids, IA. The day after this picture was taken, the railroad bridge and train in the background were washed away by the floodwater]]></title>
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