The so-called "Devonwall" proposals, to even-out constituency sizes, would have meant a cross-River Tamar seat.
Some boosters want a cross-river tram network, which would end by Rye Lane and make up for the Tube's almost-total bypassing of south-east London.
"Neither Mr Fuller nor any other member of staff knew that the group was intending to cross a fast flowing river, nor could they reasonably have foreseen that they would attempt to do so, " he said.
When Mr. Alimi and others reached the Nile that afternoon and sought a way to cross the river, tear gas began to rain down on marchers.
At the Ishasha border crossing, Melchisedek said they had to swim through a river to cross over into Uganda since it was impossible to use the guarded border.
The city hired the consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff in early 2011 to study the merits of extending the subway, shortly after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie canceled the planned "Access to the Region's Core" cross-river tunnel project, which was a blow to those who believe the region is hampered by the limited capacity for trains crossing the Hudson between Manhattan and the suburbs.
The Dartford Tunnel and Queen Elizabeth II bridge cross the River Thames between Dartford and Thurrock, forming a link in the M25 motorway, carrying about 150, 000 vehicles a day.
Many Ukrainians, especially politicians who some joke have more sins than most, step inside ice holes - cut in the shape of a cross - to honour the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River.
He said Charlotte was attempting to cross the river at the suggestion - and with the assistance - of a "well-intentioned" scout leader, who had since died and against whom no allegation of negligence was made.
But the Albula steepens quickly, and the river disappears into a dramatic ravine, forcing the train to criss-cross the gorge, creaking like a sailing ship in a full-bellied wind.
As early as the 1940s and into the 1960s, several HBS faculty members would cross the Charles River to teach business administration courses to students at Radcliffe College, indicating a personal commitment to educating women well before they were officially admitted into the full two-year MBA Program.
In the 1998 case, the Sierra Club successfully challenged a private landowner on the Moose River in Hamilton County to establish the right of paddlers to cross private tracts.
"Sometimes I feel like my job is Captain Obvious, " says danah boyd, sitting cross-legged and shoeless in a neon-green chair at Microsoft Research's office overlooking a frozen Charles River in Cambridge, Mass.
Meanwhile, in the two under-river tubes that cross between Exchange Place and the World Trade Center, PATH workers have jury-rigged a system of walkie-talkies and train-spotting staffers to get service there running at all.
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