This bridge was hit by a car in late February and is damaged beyond repair. The county has said it will not be replaced. This was the last bridge of this kind in the area.
Joe
I grew up swimming and fishing at this spot.I even drove a car for the first time across the swinging bridge!I am truely sad to see that it's gone. I haven't been home to Vienna in over thirteen years! It's hard to imagine it any different than it was when I left. Nothing lasts forever, not even bridges!
Yeah! I agree. For major or navigable rivers like the Missouri, I think more interesting bridges need to be built like cable stayed, tied arch, or continous truss. Also, I think these boring stringer and girder bridges may not be safe if hit by barges, so I'd feel more safe crossing an older truss or intersesting type of bridge!
Yuck!!! What a piece of crap that new bridge is!!! I honestly think it's ridiculous that new bridges are being so boringly!!! i think they should have left the old one up for pedestrians and cyclists. As a person who lives in a college dorm that has a nice old-fashioned lounge, I think that old pieces of history should never be destroyed. Why does the need for a funcional and cost-effeicient bridge preclude it being INTERESTING!!??? Why can't bridges be safe AND interesting??
This bridge still exists it is located at 8166 Day Pike, Maysville Ky. I am in the process of restoration of the bridge and would like to find any old pictures of it. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the bridge.
Mike Brace
The old iron bridge is a landmark. It would be a tragedy if it were to be demolished. Build a new one soon, but please keep this bridge intact!
Hello,
This particular trestle reminds me of the one located about 20 miles northwest of Chattanooga, TN. Unfortunately, I cannot find my picture. However, I have remembered this bridge ever since I saw it about 12 years ago. My mother and I were driving from Florida to Missouri, and we were rounding a bend in the highway ( I think Hwy 24, from Atlanta to Nashville). Man, there was that trestle!!!!Tall, black, and awesome crossing the road. It's possible this bridge may be in a book specifically about railroad bridges. If I can find my picture, I'll attach it to this site.
Remick
I have heard a rumor that the A.S.B. bridge might be re-habilitated for use with the light rail in kansas city. Is this true or not?
As I understand when this bridge was being built, a bridge worker helping to construct the bridge fell into one of the
piers on the main span during the pouring of the concrete. The ill fated worker would have been sealed in the pier like a tomb. During the demolition of this bridge was the worker found?
I get an eerie feeling every time I cross the Ironton-Russell Bridge. I feel that if the deficiency has a rating of 7 then the money should be found to replace the bridge in 2008-2009 not in 2011. I mean I think a government grant or something should apply here, afterall the safety of the public traveling over the bridge should be first and foremost. The bridge is closed in sub zero weather because it could collapse in those temperature. I do believe that we pay enough in taxes to be able to drive across a safe bridge.
More information about the bridge can be obtained at www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/may/19/historic_baldwin_bridge/ If the link does not work go to www.ljworld.com and search for Women's Bridge.
This small stone arch bridge has a very interesting history. In order to walk from downtown Baldwin City to the railroad depot, one had to ford the East Fork of Tauy (pronounced toy) Creek. This was a problem because women would get their dresses muddy. In order to solve this problem, Baldwin City mayor Lucy Sullivan and her all female city council ordered the construction of this bridge. The bridge has recently been rehabilitated and remains open to traffic on High Street.
My 91 year old father tells me that his father, Raymond Hampton, helped build this bridge. Are there any records that list names of the crew that worked on this bridge?
I have seen, (played), and walked parts of this line. It is extremely over grown, washouts, parts removed, and other things. All there is, is a right of way. I am from Missouri, when I see a train on that line, then and only then only then will I believe that is reopened. If the nations largest railroad, UP, decided that it is not worth the cost of reopening, I highly doubt it ever will. Do not get me wrong, I would love to see it reopened, but they have been talking about reopening it for close to 25-30 years now.
I searched, and searched, and i can not find this bridge anywhere.
does anyone know were it is?
This bridge is abandoned. It is on what was the old US 29, which is now Old Columbia Pike. It's in pretty crummy shape, and just a bit to the east are abutments for a long gone road bridge which might have been some sort of truss.
Having been born and raised in Metaire, LA, as a child, 7 yrs. old. I can remember just waiting for "The Causeway" to open. On a Sunday "outing", the family packed into the car for our first crossing. What a wonderful memory. When we got to the Northshore, we turned around and headed for home. Pls realize that at that time Mandeville was almost non-existant, and Covington was just a speck on the map.
When the second span was opened, now having a driver's license, I was one of the first to cross. Oh, how the memories flood back (no pun intended). Just a penny for every time I made the crossing!
What brought this on, I received an e-mail that claimed that the Donghai Bridge in China is the longest bridge in the world at 32.5km (20.19 mi.---if my conversion factor is correct). That leaves it approx. 3 miles short of our beloved bridges.
The center span of this bridge is actually a Parker Truss with the top chords inverted so they "dip" towards the center of the span, hence the term Reverse Parker. This is easier seen in a side view of the bridge. This bridge is believed to be the only Reverse Parker Truss in existence.
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A CURVE BRIDGE TO YOU!:@
Ive heard several noices coming from the nearby trees next to the bridge. Ive heard if you visit the bridge during the dusk just about sundown you can hear the moaning cries of a goat among the trees...Never cross the bridge after darkness sets in!
Joe R. Lansdale wrote a mystery novel covering recent sightenings. In the book, "The Bottoms" young Harry Collins discovers a mutilated black woman's body hidden deep in the woods followed by more murders. He suspects the murders have been done by the Goat Man, and local legend of the creature says the creature resides in the local bottoms of East Texas.
Hi guy, I live 10 minutes from the bridge there are quite a few campgrounds around the gorge. Most of the rafting outfits offer camping as well. As most national parks you simply need to see what restrictions are place on actually camping in the park itself. It is permitted and usually on a first come first serve bases in areas it is allowed. but you can always hike in and camp where you would like . Just watch, you don't want to be rolling off a rock face . Pack in and pack out . Leave West Virginia Wild and Wonderful.
Looks like a small cantilever bridge to me, ie a continuous through truss. Stylistically similar to the Thamesville Bridge in Ontario. I am not familiar with the term "reverse parker" unless this was an early term to describe cantilever technology.
This bridge is located south of Piedmont, and is usually known as simply "The Iron Bridge".
To get to the bridge, leave Piedmont on Highway HH headed to Clearwater Lake. You'll cross McKenzie Creek and the railroad tracks a few miles out of town. Less than a mile further, there will be a carpet/flooring store on the left. You can park there and walk to the tracks directly behind the store. It's about a 15 minute walk to the bridge.
I remember as a kid my friends and I would venture down to the old swinging bridge, run across it and play in the river.
I was fortunate enough to once again visit this place that is so warm in my memory. My brother and I visited family in 1986 or 87. We had family with us and took them to our play grounds as kid's, the Chat Dump we use to climb on and other places only we knew about, or we thought.
Apparently, this bridge sustained damage in the May 2007 floods. Reportedly, in November of 2007, the county voted to demolish the bridge and replace it with a low water crossing. There is currently an attempt underway to list the bridge on the NRHP to make it elegible for Federal funding to repair or preserve it.
I remember seeing the Huffman Mill Covered Bridge when it was still open. It was bypassed long after it should have been. Many vehicles crossed daily which the bridge had taken a beating from. It was built by William T. Washer who built many southwest Indiana covered bridges. Probably, Only this one and the Wheeling covered bridge in Gibson County still remain of his.
Yes, Bostick Bridge is definitely haunted. Throughout my four years of highschool me and a group of my friends investigated Bostick Bridge over 2 dozen times in a span of four years.We have been chased by strange animals through the woods, the whole bridge started shaking when there was no wind,aircraft, or anything to cause the bridge to move, we have seen Bright orange shapes and eyes in the woods on the west side of the bridge(it was not a sign,trust me we looked).My friends little sister went with her mom there and found about a dozen mutilated squirrels stacked up on top of eachother with there heads bit off. I have a lot more to say and share about haunted places in and around FortWayne If anyone is interested in hearing them hit me up at spauldo_86@verizon.net
This looks very much like an Indiana Bridge Company span. The sectioning of panels and overall appearance look like two Camelbacks that remain in Deleware County, Indiana.
This looks very much like an Indiana Bridge Company span. The sectioning of panels and overall appearance look like two Camelbacks that remain in Deleware County, Indiana.
My grandfather, Isaac Orlando Caldwell,ran the ferryboat in St Francisville. I have many fond memories playing on the boat as a child.
On February 2008 my wife and I visited, photographed, and studied this bridge. This is not the original location for this bridge. Because of the low water we were able to locate the original piers in low water underneath the current bridge. The broken plaques are due to people trying to steal them. Further research to follow on this bridge and what was there before it.
Builder: Austin Bridge Company
Builder: Austin Bridge Company
Photos taken 9-9-2007
I've gone out of my way a number of times just to go over this bridge; the last time with my mother, who was terrified! I'm curious to know when it was built. It feels solid (not like a "rickety old bridge", but I looked up the rating on the state's website - I see them here too - and it's apparently one of the worst in the state.
I've gone out of my way a number of times just to go over this bridge; the last time with my mother, who was terrified! I'm curious to know when it was built. It feels solid (not like a "rickety old bridge", but I looked up the rating on the state's website - I see them here too - and it's apparently one of the worst in the state.
Here's one, Kevin
http://www.leclairerail.com/IMAGES2itc/089-11mckinleybridge.jpg
This information is incorrect about this bridge. It was originally a one lane wooden ("rickety") bridge that required the drivers to stop and "blow their horn" before crossing as approaching cars from the opposite side could not be seen.
Once on top of the bridge one car would have to "back down" to let the other pass. If you look carefully at the Google Satellite map you will see that it does not span Salt Creek but railroad tracks.
This original wooden bridge is now gone replaced with a 2 lane concrete in the last few years exact date unknown still researching this information.
This public domain image shows the Spiral Bridge on a postcard from the era. This was the only spiral bridge built in the United States - two others reportedly were built in Europe. There is a high bluff on the north side of the Mississippi River. This requires a long approach from the south in order to span the river at proper height and reach the bluff. The spiral allowed the bridge to terminate in downtown Hastings.
Drivers would enter the bridge in Hastings and make one complete circle before crossing the bridge. As it reached the end of its useful life, it was limited to 4 tons. After the new bridge was built, the city of Hastings did not have funds to restore and maintain the bridge, so it was lost.
The citizens of Hastings felt they lost a great landmark, and a replica has been built in a nearby park.
This railroad bridge consists of a pair of single span through trusses. The bridge is located north of I-70 near the Snokomo Road exit (exit 335).
This bridge is closed to through traffic due to the road being washed out between this and the pony span.
Bridge is privately owned and is closed to all through traffic.
According to the information by the county engineer and from my visit, that bridge spanned a tributary to the Big Sioux, just east of Big Sioux Road Bridge, a through truss bridge over the Big Sioux River itself. Both bridges are closed to traffic due to the road being washed out on many occasions. When I was there, I had to stop at this bridge and turn around because the road was impassable.
How many spans does this bridge have and what is the total length?
This is somewhere in Pa. not far from Interstate 80.
I came across this bridge that is no longer used for vihicles. You can still walk across with no problem. It origin go back to the Revolunary War and was uses by Washington's troops on the retreat from New York to the Deleware. Pretty cool area.
Dear Mr. James,
My friend, Bob Fish, took the pictures of this bridge and I put his name as credit in the photos, but it still says my name in the update log. If you could change my name to his (Bob Fish) that would be great!
Thanks,
James
This bridge actually spans Otter Creek shortly before it flows into the Fall River, not the Fall River itself.
wat would I pick for the strongest bridge out of Truss or Arc bridge and why?
Here is a picture of the deck taken on Febuary 16th, 2008 for those who are interested in the current condition of the bridge.
Thought this pic would be good to add. The bridge closed sign on Old S.R. 56 to the Laughery Creek Bridge. Also attached is a picture of the deck of bridge taken on Febuary 16th, 2008. It still seems to be in pretty good condition!
This four span bridge consists of one movable (swing) span, and three, twelve panel, pin connected, Pennsylvania through trusses.
Rocky Butte Tunnel is not in Clackamas County. It is in Multnomah County. I doubt that it is 400 ft. long, either.
For Some Time, C.R. 103 "used" to be an open road.
It was later discovered that the Stephenville Texas, North
and South Railway "used" the route or near by the route as
part of the Right Of Way. C.R. 103 as it branched from the
C.R. 101 has a big section of Railroad R.O.W. where it
crosses the Bear and Waring Creek. Most of the "CUT" still
exists today in good condition.
Go to S.H. (State Highway) 36 Till you come to Hamilton, TX.
You want to look for Park Road to the Jason Harris Pavillion.
Take C.R. 101 North (Called the Old Stepheville Highway) For
about 1 to 5 miles till you come to Allen Quail Run Ranch.
You now have found Forensic Evidence of the Old Cotton Belt,
aka Stephenville Texas North and South, aka St Louis
Southwestern Railway used the Tunnel to private property.
Proceed Slowly Till you come to a Fork in the Road where
C.R. 103 is. Turn LEFT, and proceed slowly from 10 to 30
mph. It is bumpy and has cattle guards. Look to your left
and notice "another" tunnel, and the high pitched road
mound.
Proceed till you get to the 1st bridge which is Bear Creek.
The Bridge still exists yet crumbling apart as a modern
bridge is built with some pavement. Keep going till the old
R.O.W. meets up with the C.R. 103, and then BINGO, you are
NOW ON THE OLD ABANDONED R.O.W. of the Railroad! Notice how
the road was "CUT" and how the road narrowly winds through
on a level Railroad Grade R.O.W.
This will go on for at least 1 to 2 miles, till you come to
the end of the ROAD. There it is closed with debris and
various junk with no official sign whatsoever yet beyond
that you can make out the R.O.W.
Turn around, head back to S.H. 36 via C.R. 103, and
turn RIGHT on C.R. 101 till you get back to the Jason
Harris Pavillion, and turn RIGHT on Park Road, follow it
till you get back to S.H. 36, turn RIGHT at the sign, till
you head West toward C.R. 106.
Turn RIGHT on C.R. 106 and Proceed till you get to C.R.
103, and then turn RIGHT on the "WEST-HALF" of C.R. 103.
A sign will say "BRIDGE OUT" but keep going for a few
hundred yards. You will notice abandoned buildings and some
straight and level dirt mounds, congradulations, you found
the remains of the Abandoned R.O.W to Comanche, Gustine,
Lamkin, and Eidson. (The Abandoned Town of Springtown.)
Proceed "EAST" on C.R. 103 till you see off on your right,
more abandoned R.O.W. and the road ends with a huge mound
of Dirt in front of the Waring Creek Bridge. That Bridge is
closed since back in 2000/200? ??? The Bridge IS VERY VERY
UNSAFE DANGEROUS AND RICKETY!! DO NOT ATTEMPT AT ALL TO GO
ON OR EVEN WALK ON THE BRIDGE. THE PLANKS ARE ROTTED! That
is the "REMAINS" OF C.R. 103!
TURN Your Car Around and Head back the way you came, and
Head West till you come to a stop. Turn Left to Go back to
S.H. 36. (Turning Right will get you lost if you don't know
the area, or don't have an Official County Road Map of
Hamilton, TX)
Thank You! Have a Safe and Enjoyable Trip! :)
I was poking around in the Library of Congress, American Memory website and came across the Russell Hill Road Bridge or Livermore Bridge (alternate name) this is the link for the page:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_I1dc::
Stored, repairs have been done to the ironwork of the first collapsed span. All federal funding is in place. Need local match. Have until 2008 or this bridge will be lost to southern Indiana.
Interested donars may send money to
Jackson County Auditor
% Debbie Eggerman
Brownstown Courthouse
Brownstown, IN. 47220
specify donation is to go to Bell Ford Account
Sincerely
Fleeta K. Arthur
jackson County Park and Recreation Board
Bridge is named Karsten Thot Bridge.
The 1935 structure was removed and replaced two or three years ago. Fayette is open to traffic. I do not know what happened to the original structure.
I'm afraid your map somehow has the wrong location. Perhaps there's a "Rouggly Road" in that vicinity, and perhaps there's a bridge of some sort at that location, but it's not "Rouggly-Kiepe Road", and it's not the bridge you have photographed.
I'm intimately familiar with the bridge in the photos; played in the creek underneath it throughout my childhood. Actual location is several miles east of your mapped spot. Rouggly-Kiepe Road runs due north and south, and ends in an oblique intersection with US 61 about 100 feet south of this bridge; that intersection is about 1 mile south of the 61 / AA intersection.
This bridge has been torn down. New bridge to open Spring 2008
The past post was correct in that this structure is located in a very nice setting. Unfortunatly since the last post vandals have decided to add their own touch to the architectural style of the bridge. Rotten graffiti now takes away from the scene but the bridge is still a great visit if your in the area.
This bridge is located immediately west of the US 77 Walnut River Bridge in Winfield, Kansas.
This bridge is a lattice through truss. Unfortunately, I have not been able to photograph it.
This bridge has been demolished and replaced by a new bridge.
Also known as the Cottonville Bridge.
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The Smith Creek Bridge was moved to its new home in Logan County Ar in November 2007. It now resides across the Little Shoal Creek in New Blane Ar. It is located just behind the old schoolhouse (now a store) just south of Ar Highway 22. THIS IS AN EXCELENT EXAMPLE THAT AN OLD BRIDGE CAN BE USED ELSEWHERE AND NOT JUST TORN DOWN AND USED FOR SCRAP.
See attached photo of construction progress.
The current Atchison Railroad Bridge is not the 1875 bridge, but the 1900 replacement done by George S Morison.
This bridge is now closed to traffic.
This bridge is now closed to traffic.
Does anybody know what kind of bridge was covered under water when beaver lake in Northwest Arkansas was made? It has a community called Lost Bridge close to it. Any link to photos would be great. Thanks. Tom
This is actually the same bridge as the Thomas Bridge (BH 18552), which is listed as a Stone Arch Bridge. I apologize for any confusion.
This abandoned bridge is located immediately southeast of Peoria, Kansas. Although it is not accessible, it can be viewed and photographed from the new bridge.
This limestone culvert is accessible only through the Rock Springs 4-H Center (private property). An interesting feature of this bridge is the limestone floor. I will upload pictures later.
well so you are saying the old bridge will only be used for bikes or walking and they are going to build a new bridge and the new bridge is going to look like the old bridge but a little bit diffrent.
This bridge no longer exists.
Hi,
You have great website. I enjoyed it very much. I live in central Michigan, a mile north of M46--just north of Riverdale. Our house about 1/2mile west of Lumberjack Park in which my wife and I are involved in. We are considering building a swinging foot bridge across the river thast runs through the park and it was while trying to find information on such bridges that I came across your sight. I'm always gladdened when I find where some one is archiving photos and information concerning our history.
Thank you for doing such a wonderful job.
Dan
Actually, Niki, there were six historic covered bridges built in Blount County. The fifth one is the 432-foot Standridge Covered Bridge which was located near Hayden. It burnt down in 1967. The sixth one is the Lidy Walker Covered Bridge...built in Blount County in 1926 and moved to Berlin in Cullman County in 1958. Unfortunately, the bridge collapsed in 2001 and no longer exists. Of course, the 385-foot Nectar Covered Bridge you mentioned burned down in 1993. The Swann, Horton Mill and Easley covered bridges are the only three that remain in Blount County.
Near Riverton Indiana there is a railroad bridge that crosses the Wabash river and from satellite pictures it appears that the center span is a swing span. However, it casts a different shadow than the through-truss sections. I was able to see more of it in USGS flood photos from the 2005 flood, but the picture is foggy and the bridge can't be seen clearly. The swing span appears to be maybe an iron girder bridge. never seen one like it before. Not on a railroad bridge.
Clermont County Historical Society says this bridge carried traffic to a school and two houses near the Ohio River. The Corps of Engineers bought the land in the late 1950's to build Meldahl Dam. The houses were used as offices for the Engineers and then eventually torn down. The bridge can be found 200 yards west of the Meldahl Dam entrance and 50 yards south of U.S. Route 52.
This appears to be a mabey, accrow or a bailey bridge. I dont know the differences between them to know which. It was most likely put in as a temporay bridge but was left in as permenant.
Links about this bridge are available here:
http://www.mankato-freepress.com/local/local_story_137004543.html?start:int=15
(This includes a commentary written in 2007 by Jason and Birgit Smith)
Link to this bridge:
http://www.ole.dot.state.ia.us/historicbridge/detail.asp?id=199
More links on this bridge are available here:
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0000958
Back in 1996, I wrote a letter to the Humble City Council and the Texas Department of Transportation to help save the bridge from being torn down to make room for the newly created Interstate 69. I am proud to see that this bridge still stands tall.
This bridge two that was designed by Waddell & Harrington.
The only other bridge like this is the ASB (Armour-Swift-Burlington) Bridge in Kansas City.
Fourth Street has two bridges, one over the Los Angeles River and one over Lorena Street, which had been a streem bed at one point was paved over. This is the Lorena Street crossing bridge for 4th Street. It was built in the mid-20's, about 10 years after the 4th Steet Bridge over the LA River.
For more photos and information on bridges in Los Angeles County go to...
http://www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/bridgesoflosangeles
http://eng.lacity.org/projects/bridge/historical_gallery/index.htm
This bridge has been replaced all together. There isn't even a bridge there anymore. They filled in the old railroad grade and built a road on top of it. It is a shame, but it is nice to be able to get to DePue via the Spring Valley-Marquette "Highway" again.
This bridge is called the Longfellow Bridge
It says that the bridge is still open to traffic. However, it appears that a new bridge was built when the highway was widened in the early 2000s. Did they leave the arches there and rebuild the deck on top of it? They did something like that on a bridge in Westford where live (at least when I'm home from college)
During WWII, the ferry was a bottleneck for workers communing to an ordnance plant in Baraboo. The US Government offered to pay half the cost of a bridge, but the governor vetoed the idea, saying that if the US Government wanted a bridge here, they could pay for the whole thing.
In the 1960's, service complaints stacked up because the original Colsac, built in 1924 for cars the size of a Model T Ford, could only carry six modern cars. I-94 crossed the Wisconsin River just 12 miles up the road, and it was thought that most tourists would rather travel the Interstate than the anachronistic ferry. The state proposed building a bridge here. Local interests had seen how tourists gladly traveled 12 miles out of their way to take the ferry, so they started a local protest.
Buttons proclaiming "I believe in ferries" was the basis of the campaign. The state gave in, and the Colsac II went into service in 1963.
According to the Wisconsin DOT, the ferry continues to carry over a quarter of a million vehicles each year, including 316,819 in 2004. Link: http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/water/merrimac-history.htm
The Colsac III is a nostalgic trip across the river, the last ferry on the state trunk highway system. At one time, there were over 500 ferries in operation in Wisconsin. Ferries carry cars and people into the state but this is the last ferry operating within the state of Wisconsin.
I have been across that bridge many times due to seeing my DR at the U.The day it collapsed I happened to have a very late appointment and just got across before I saw the sign fall!! I happen to live near a bridge like it that is now under investigation!!! Not near as big,being a 400ft span But someday that one will go too!! Already cracks in the gussette plates have been found.Being a bridgefreak I don't get scared too much,even when the thing is bouncing(flex)!! It don't seem to move anymore however.MN DOT does not seem overly concerned with the kettle river bridge here in sandstone,but alot of people refuse to drive over it!!My mom now floors it to get across quickly!! Too much paranoia here I think!I walk this bridge daily as it is a pretty route!( kettle river bridge is posted under pine county and I have posted it's pics for those interested!!)
This bridge is currently under investigation do to concerns of gussette plate thickness.No plans are made to replace this bridge or repair it.There is talk of weight restictions however.Bridge was built by A guthrie&co highway and is owned by the state of minnesota.The railroad trestle next to it IS being considered for replacement by northern Burlignton Santa Fe(owner). Trains have been instructed to go at a pace of 10 MPR across the trestle.
Are the pictures of the Wapppello Bridge copyrighted and who took them.
Built in 1917, this bridge crosses the Los Angeles River, the Golden State Freeway (Interstate-5), and Riverside drive, a major thoroughfare. It is immediately adjacent to the Glendale Blvd. bridge which only crosses the freeway and the river. A third bridge used to allow the Pacific Electric trollies ("The Red Cars") to cross just to the south of Glendale Blvd but is long gone, only the upright concrete supports are still there. The city of Los Angeles recently recreated a small park where the north base of that bridge was. It is called "Red Car Park".
For more photographs of the Bridges of Los Angeles County go to
www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com
or
http://www.youtube.com/user/bridgesoflosangeles
There a many bridges accross the Arroyo Seco which runs from the San Gabriel Mountains in the north of Los Angeles County to where it joins the Los Angeles River south of the Glendale Narrows just north of DTLA. This one is just north the much more famous Colorado Street Bridge and just south, by a few hundred meters, of the Rose Bowl.
For more photographs of the Bridges of Los Angeles County go to
www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com
or
http://www.youtube.com/user/bridgesoflosangeles
I have always gone under the bridge on the Illinois side to go 4 wheelin' and dirt bikin'. I have been known a time or two to get stuck down there. I have built bonfires and have tailgate parties with a few friends. I would have to say...most of memories of back home were under that bridge. I'm glad I was a part of it.
Available link with information on the bridge:
http://www.ole.dot.state.ia.us/historicbridge/detail.asp?id=194
I've traveled this bridge a number of times visiting relatives in Atlanta; always a highlight of the trip. One looks out on the vast expanse of water downriver, and thinks of all the history and commerce this place has seen over the centuries. The New Madrid earthquakes (hurry up, get off the bridge). General Grant in the observation tower at Ft Defiance and all that.
Driving the bridge itself is a thrill for speed freaks in small cars and a terror for lumbering RV's and oncoming semis - no two trips the same, but all unforgettable.
One wonders of the future, particularly given the increasing risk of a big earthquake. It's very likely the bridge will come down in a magnitude 7 or higher, and although there has been much talk of building a new bridge below the confluence, no solid action has been taken, a cause for concern as the local commerce and culture of Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky greatly depends on the 2 Cairo bridges.
The 1962 Netherland Bridge has been replaced with a steel girder structure. The new bridge was built in 2003, while I was working for Jackson County Public Works.