Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)

[billplumtree]

180, Larkrigg Hall Bridge


180 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[JStone]

A couple of big Danish bridges:

Øresund


Storebælt

[Mr Larrington]

Where are the camels? !!!

The camels - bactrians in this case - were imported from the distant steppes of, er, Arizona by some Victorian-era chump who thought they might make better beasts of burden than anything of the equine persuasion but it turned out that they scared the horses and cattle and, sometimes, people.  And the rugged rocks of BC hurt their little camelly feet.  Having proved a bust the unfortunate creatures were released into the wild where they all died by 1905.  Some commentators believe that camel sightings may have helped fuel the stories of the Sasquatch in these parts, but then some commentators believe that Elvis works in a fast food joint in Des Moines IA.

Anyway, today's crop:


P9240226 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr.  Bridge across the Fraser River, Lytton, BC


P9240228 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr.  Double Bridgey Goodness as BC-12 crosses the Thompson River and the railway, which is itself crossing the Thompson, Lytton, BC


P9240229 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr.  The Thompson River railway bridge at Lytton.


P9240230 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr.  Confluence of the Thompson (L) and Fraser Rivers with the BC-12 bridge in the foreground.


P9240231 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr.  Something tells me that the current bridge is not the first at this site...


P9240233 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr.  North Bend Road bridge across Fraser River, Boston Bar, BC


P9240236 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr.  Footbridge across Highway 1 at Hell's Gate, BC

[fuzzy]

A couple of big Danish bridges:

Øresund

At first glance, that looks like a very expensive engineering project with no function. I then noticed that the road and rail line enter/ exit a tunnel

[billplumtree]

181 Crow Park Bridge, genuinely with no function (unless you count holding the road up over the no-longer-a-canal)


181 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

182, Natland Hall Bridge


182 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

Rather than plunge into the Kendal suburbs just yet, let's go south again and head towards Lancaster.  118, Hest Bank Bridge


118 by billplumtree, on Flickr


118 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[Mr Larrington]

Last bridge of this year's holibobs:


P9250245 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr. Tacoma Narrows Bridges, Tacoma WA.

Pic taken while crossing the 2007 eastbound bridge; on the left is the 1950 one built to replace the original which fell down so spectacularly in 1940.

[billplumtree]

Continuing south, 117, Highfield Drive footbridge


117 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

116, Rakes Head bridge


116 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

115, Bland Lane bridge


115 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

114, Belmont Bridge


114 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

113, Williamsland Bridge, appropriately enough


113 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[Cudzoziemiec]

That last one's a very good bridge photo – even though it isn't, so to speak. Perhaps we could have Ferns and Brackens thread?

[billplumtree]

Sorry Cudz - these last few just north of Lancaster have proved to be a bit boring, so I've struggled to find interesting pics that still have a decent amount of bridginess about them.  It's nearly all over now though 

[Cudzoziemiec]

Nothing to be sorry for, they are really good photos even if they don't show bridges in their bridgy state. 

[billplumtree]

112, Folly Bridge (Warning: may contain actual bridge)


112 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

111A, Milestone Bridge-to-be.  Part of the new M6-Heysham road.  Not quite up to phil653's viaduct in Extremadura, but exciting nevertheless to see the birth of a whole new bridge.









There's even a bonus un-named, un-numbered temporary bridge, from the fabulously-named retrobridge.com:

[Deano]

Much-crossed, rarely-photographed (by me), Croft Bridge and the Yorkshire border:



The banks to either side are verdant in summer, and the lingering scent of rotting giant hogweed permeates the air. Lewis Carroll's father was rector at the church, and the xlaim is that the landscape inspired Alice in Wonderland. There's meant to be a Cheshire Cat carving somewhere on the church, but I've never spotted it.



While I was there, I tried to get a look at the even-more-frequently crossed and never-photographed (by me) Tees Viaduct. This was the best I could do:



I'm not competing with Bill, by the way I do have a plan to cycle across all the bridges of the Tees in a day, but I doubt I'll be photographing many of them on that day. Besides, I don't think there are many bridges on the Tees which aren't already on this thread.

Finally, bonus bridge at Monk End:

[billplumtree]

I'm not competing with Bill, by the way I do have a plan to cycle across all the bridges of the Tees in a day, but I doubt I'll be photographing many of them on that day.

Oh, gerron wi' it!    I reckon I've only got a week's worth of canal bridges left...

Surprisingly (or possibly not), I have a similar idea for the River Kent.  As it's about 20 miles long, I make my plan about 75% less ambitious than yours.

[fuzzy]

I'm not competing with Bill, by the way I do have a plan to cycle across all the bridges of the Tees in a day, but I doubt I'll be photographing many of them on that day.

Oh, gerron wi' it!    I reckon I've only got a week's worth of canal bridges left...

Surprisingly (or possibly not), I have a similar idea for the River Kent.  As it's about 20 miles long, I make my plan about 75% less ambitious than yours.

Bill,

You could always do a reciprocal route, photographing all the bridges again, this time form the other side

[billplumtree]

You could always do a reciprocal route, photographing all the bridges again, this time form the other side

But I've already taken the best side of each of 'em!  Who on earth would want to see a photo a day, for 3 months, of the ugly side of a canal bridge?  Don't answer that.

[billplumtree]

As a counterpoint to the molishing of 111A, here's the absence of 183, Natland Road Bridge, on the way into Kendal.  Removed to make way for, ironically enough, Natland Road


183 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[Mr Larrington]

Who on earth would want to see a photo a day, for 3 months, of the ugly side of a canal bridge?

CrinklyLion?

Don't answer that.

Ooops

[billplumtree]

Down at t'other end, 111, Hammerton Hall Bridge has so far survived the encroachment of the Lancaster suburbs,


111 by billplumtree, on Flickr

In fact, not only surviving, but positively thriving


111 by billplumtree, on Flickr