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Sign: Kfar Blum - Heritage Sites in Israel - Martin Bridge


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Kfar Blum, Israel
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סמל המועצה לשימור אתרי מורשת בישראל
סמל מועצה אזורית גליל עליון
סמל משרד התרבות והספורט

גשר מרטין
הגשר הוקם בשנת 1954 על ידי מרטין קלינמן וחברים נוספים, במקום גשר אחר שקרס בשיטפון. כתוצאה מהצפת מי הירדן. בנייתו התבססה על דופן של גשר ביילי (המצאה בריטית) שנתרם על ידי חיל ההנדסה.
הגשר שימש למעבר עובדים אל השטחים החקלאיים מעברו השני של הירדן - המטע, הכרם, גן הירק ושדות הפלחה והשלחין.
הגשר קרס בשנות ה-70 ונחשף בשנת 2015 כפרויקט בר מצווה של ילדי הקיבוץ.

[תמונה: גשר מרטין]
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The sign shape is rectangular but its head is designed according to the silhouette of the old building of the Gymnasia Herzliya, which serves as a logo of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel

The bridge was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
Symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel
Symbol of the Upper Galilee Regional Council
The symbol of the Ministry of Culture and Sports

Martin Bridge
The bridge was built in 1954 by Martin Kleinman and other friends, in place of another bridge that collapsed in a flood. As a result of the flooding of the Jordan. Its construction was based on the wall of the Bailey Bridge (a British invention) donated by the Corps of Engineers.
The bridge was used for the passage of workers to the agricultural areas on the other side of the Jordan - the plantation, the vineyard, the vegetable garden and the plowed and irrigated fields.
The bridge collapsed in the 1970s and was revealed in 2015 as a bar mitzvah project for the children of the kibbutz.

[Image: Martin Bridge]




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