Viewing the Historic Bridges Category


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Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge

This bridge is the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge which is over the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. It is North America’s largest cable stayed bridge. I got these photos when visiting family up there.

My brother, cousin, and I filmed a short spoof of the TV show, “Man Vs. Wild” [...]

European Bridge Pictures

Here are some pictures of European bridges I took on our family trip in December of 2004. Seeing these bridges was the highlight of the trip for me. Unfortunately we only were able to drive over one of the bridges, the Tay River Bridge. However, we did spent a lot of time walking on the [...]

George Washington Bridge

Here is a picture of the George Washington Bridge that a friend of mine took recently.

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Greentop Road Bridge

Pictures taken on October 5, 2006.

From the east — The south truss

Underneath looking west — Underneath looking east

The south side again — The west truss

Links about the Greentop Road Bridge:
http://bridgehunter.com/ga/coweta/7750080/

Historic Jones Bridge

This bridge was a pain to find, but I found it at last. Google Earth marks this as the historic Jones Bridge. I did find one mention of the bridge on the web, with the longitude and latitude coordinates, but nothing about the history of the bridge. The bridge is not listed in the National [...]

New River Bridge

Some friends of mine recently took a road trip to to PA. On the way, they stopped by a famous bridge and took this awesome picture:

Click for a closer view
This is the New River Bridge in West Virginia. It was the longest single-arch steel span bridge when it was built in 1977. In 2003, however, [...]

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Salem Road Bridge

The South Portal
Bent Lateral Bracing
Bridge Profile
View To The East
The West Truss
Underneath Looking East
View To The West
Close Up of Gusset Plate
Another Close Up
The sub span

SalemRoadBridge

Links about the Salem Road Bridge:
http://bridgehunter.com/ga/troup/28501000/

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Sylamore Creek Suspension Bridge

I have pictures of yet another really cool historic bridge. This one is called the Sylamore Creek Suspension Bridge. My grandparents recently took a road trip to the Ozarks, and shot these photos for me.
Sylamore Suspension Bridge
This historic bridge is a suspension bridge, which makes it even more cool in my opinion. You don’t see [...]

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The Whooping Creek Bridge

The Whooping Creek Bridge was originally built in 1928 (According to here). Unfortunately, the bridge was closed in May of 2006 after a DOT inspection. 5 months later, no work has been done on the bridge. From what I understand, there is division on what to do with the bridge. Some people want to replace [...]

Whooping Creek Bridge Reopened

Today I found out that the Whooping Creek Bridge on Clem-Lowell road has been reopened. This was good and bad news for me. My brother and I drove down there this morning to try and film something for the music video we are making (see previous post). We thought it would be the perfect place [...]