Touring - Cyccommute's Post Your Picture Thread: Bridges edition

Bridges. They keep us from getting our feet wet. They make water crossings so much easier. Some are scary. Some are works of art. Show 'em!

US37 bridge over the Missouri River at Brownsville, NE
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/US37bridge14.jpg

Swingbridge in Council Bluffs, IA
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/Swingbridge3.jpg

Lexington, MO bridge. The scariest bridge I've ever ridden across. Only rust holds it together:eek:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/LexingtonBridgeMO6.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/LexingtonBridge7.jpg

US66 Chain of Rocks Bridge across the Mississippi at St Louis
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/ChainofRocks16.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/ChainofRocks4.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/ChainofRocks19.jpg

Eads Bridge, St. Louis
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/Library-3804.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/EadsBridge11.jpg

Longview, WA with the Corps of Discovery
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/TheCorpsontheColumbia3.jpg

St. James Bridge, Portland OR
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/StJamesBridge37.jpg

Sheppard Dells, OR
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/SheppardDells15.jpg

Lochsa River, ID
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/LochsaRiver19.jpg

Galloping Goose Trail, Vancouver Island
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/19170022.jpg

US67, Alton IL
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/AltonIl1.jpg

Crossing the Columbia at Umatilla
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/ColumbiaCrossing2.jpg

Twin Falls ID
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/04940019.jpg

Navajo Bridge, AZ
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/IMGP1258_1.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/IMGP1835.jpg

Long day in the rain. The sign said bridge out six miles ahead. You never really know if it's really out or just impassable for cars. We ride on:

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/docs/00/00/16/19/small/day08-04.jpg?v=2Q

Yup. It's really out. The detour route is a long way around. We found a path through the mud and across a small stream.

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/docs/00/00/16/19/small/day08-05.jpg?v=2N

There's a terrific little drawbridge on the Erie Canal in Holley, NY. The town allows biker, hiker, and boater camping along the park near the bridge.

http://www.pbase.com/mwb/image/114400344.jpg

There are bathrooms with nice showers in the park for the campers. See the drawbridge operator for the keycode for the bathroom door. The bridge operator was a super nice guy. He gave me a tour of the controls and we got to raise the bridge for a passing boat while I was up there. He took my picture in the control tower.

http://www.pbase.com/mwb/image/114400346.jpg

Great pics cyccommute. I especially like the spectacular Navajo Bridge.

Need a little help. I've got a bridge pic I'd like to post here, but my efforts, using the pic icon, have failed. How do you post insert a picture in a post? Couldn't find a "help" section on here, and found nothing about how to post a picture from my search inquiries.

Cedar Run, Pine Creek Rail Trail, in PA

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3852624272_312a0b1b33_b.jpg

Single-lane suspension bridge, English Center, PA:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3851672283_0ecbbb239d_b.jpg

Sheeder-Hall covered bridge, East Vincent Township, PA:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3358064353_001f8c5704_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3358070749_2eb56f21f6_b.jpg

Bridge leading into Ohiopyle State Park on the Great Allegheny Passage:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2795773079_6319926832_b.jpg

Salisbury Viaduct, near Meyersdale, PA:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2805249958_a6d7bef715_b.jpg

McDonald Trestle, on the Montour Trail. From right to left, ALHanson, Joel2Old, and Spinnaker.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/3670162590_867c7a3e86_b.jpg

Bridge over the Choptank River, on Maryland's eastern shore. There's no shoulder on this thing. :(

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/3670688173_082971f331_b.jpg

Keystone Viaduct, Great Allegheny Passage:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3405/3670573961_1d72586f9b_b.jpg

Bridge over the Severn River at Annapolis:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3386/3672202266_bceea70376_b.jpg

Bridge over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. I chose to walk through the construction area after I saw a truck take up the whole shoulder.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/3674850856_a5561ba4bd_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2526/3674043207_91863c2001_b.jpg

Oldtown/Greenspring toll bridge over the Potomac. One of the last privately owned toll bridges in the US.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2799908602_e60fab24e7_b.jpg

Bridge on the C & O - I don't recall which one.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2801578547_47b74f98d3_b.jpg

holy cow!! awesome bridge pictures!!!

I90 bridge in Seattle. I cross this 2x a day to commute (though usually not on this bike).

http://i37.tinypic.com/2i8eluq.jpg

Same bridge; different weather.

http://i36.tinypic.com/sdjn2x.jpg

holy cow!! awesome bridge pictures!!!

I had to contribute too because this beautiful bridge is just a mile from my door. The motorist pay $4.00 dollars just to cross it but cyclist pay nothing. It enables me to enter Staten Island for free and believe it or not, I can then take the ferry into New York City for free too!! It's one of the few ways someone from New Jersey can enter into New York City without paying a dime!

The bridge is in excellant condition but the Port Authority might tear it down because the large shipping boats are getting BIGGER and can no longer pass under the bridge! It would be an outrage if they destroyed this bridge just to let those boats pass.

This is in front of the 1988 Olympic Bridge in Seoul, South Korea. A really cheesy Celine Dion song was playing through some crappy speakers along the bridge. The sound was terrible but the pictures turned out great!

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/eglayzer/DSCN4182.jpg
http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/eglayzer/DSCN4186.jpg

Great pics cyccommute. I especially like the spectacular Navajo Bridge.

Need a little help. I've got a bridge pic I'd like to post here, but my efforts, using the pic icon, have failed. How do you post insert a picture in a post? Couldn't find a "help" section on here, and found nothing about how to post a picture from my search inquiries.

I use photobucket. Copy and past the image link into the text. Photobucket is a free service and let's you upload tons of pictures. Other photo websites let you do the same.

If you want to add attachments (see Dahon.Steve spectacular picture above:thumb:) click on the Manage Attachment buttons on the reply page. You'll get a pop-up which lets you attach a picture file.

To everyone else, great pictures! I love bridges.

Old ones: Tryst Falls MO
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/TrystFallsMO16.jpg

Railroad ones: Council Bluffs, IA
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/RailbridgeCouncilBluffs19.jpg

Historic ugly ones: Amelia Earhart Bridge, KS
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/AmeliaEarhartBridge7.jpg

Tragic ones: Mt. St. Helens
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/12270020.jpg

Even ugly ones that screw up the scenery: Sioux Falls, SD
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/cyccommute/Bikeforum%20pictures/Ruinedfalls16.jpg
Although that one is right on the edge;)

This might have been common but I thought it was unusual to see compressed wooden slats in order to produce the weight bearing arches

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm320/robow7/IMG_1383.jpg?t=1256315366

Also a nice suspension crossing the Mississippi at Quincy, IL.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm320/robow7/IMG_1603.jpg?t=1256315581

bikes & bridges from `Old Europe´...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2537/4037699302_6de7241b9b_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/4036948937_42e3d55c02_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2526/3983497537_a46a1086b2_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/4037675378_2a0d3bdbcb_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4036949249_e668d3d422_b.jpg

Hope you like it ...

Bikes go here, cars go there:

http://www.borealphoto.com/Cycling/Bas-St-Laurent-C%C3%B4te-Nord/DSC4247a/636933416_JwSsu-L-1.jpg

Thanks for the tips. Alas, the only place I have the bridge pic saved is on CG, and the URL link is noted as 'invalid.' Least I know how to do it now.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j270/JohnnyGunn/Half_Dome.jpg
Sentinel Bridge and Half Dome - Yosemite Valley

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j270/JohnnyGunn/Black_Bridge.jpg
Black Bridge, South Kaibab Trail - Grand Canyon

Pedestrian/bicycle bridge between City Island and Harrisburg, PA.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2502/3965635071_77f5efa1b3_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3493/3966379210_35851e633d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/3965590179_83905e1d3d_b.jpg

Here is a pic of a lift bridge in Brockport NY taken last summer on the Erie canal.

By the rude bridge that arched the flood
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=122826&stc=1&d=1256397034

Speedo

from washington to astoria oregon.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/kcullan/DSC01886.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/kcullan/DSC01887.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/kcullan/DSC01888.jpg

newport, oregon
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/kcullan/DSC02015.jpg

lost creek lake near trail, oregon
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/kcullan/DSC02929.jpg

near heceta head lighthouse north of florence, oregon
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/kcullan/DSC01965.jpg

Burnside Bridge, Antietam National Battlefield:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_l92fsIHYK-s/SuRSasvVzdI/AAAAAAAABiw/VldNmtbp880/s800/100_6543.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_l92fsIHYK-s/SuRStnxCWXI/AAAAAAAABjI/KU4_CGScjbU/s800/100_6549.jpg

Lock on Trent-Severn Waterway, Ontario
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k218/BeaverTerror/6DesktopKawarthaLakesJul20093images.png

Burlington Skyway, Ontario
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k218/BeaverTerror/8DCIM101MSDCF8imagesDSC05037-DSC050.jpg

Black Hawk Bridge, Lansing, Iowa.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/4047961361_f4d6b2b011.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/4047952089_30d6090237_o.jpg

Here's one that's a couple of miles from my house. I've ridden across it many times. It's funny cause I have to put this link in cause I don't have a picture.

http://www.newfield.netfirms.com/bridge.htm

You take for granted what's in your own backyard. I'd definitely have a picture of it if I had seen it while touring. It's a beautiful old bridge.

Confederation bridge between New-Brunswick and PEI. Off limits to cyclists even though there's a nice wide shoulder. There's a free shuttle from NB to PEI but there's a fee coming off the island.
http://www.borealphoto.com/Cycling/Canada-Atlantique-Atlantic/DSC0696a/351689209_aXnr4-M.jpg

A covered bridge on highway 381 in Quebec:
http://www.borealphoto.com/Cycling/Charlevoix-Lac-St-Jean/DSC1719a/215905957_3CDMF-M.jpg

Another one in Grande-Vallée, Gaspésie, Québec. The Gaspé Peninsula is a highly recommended tour:
http://www.borealphoto.com/Cycling/Gasp%C3%A9sie/11/254789545_P3aor-M.jpg

Rail-trail northwest of Quebec City:
http://www.borealphoto.com/Cycling/Portneuf-Mauricie/IMAGE0105/215168198_ukbFs-M.jpg

Jacques-Cartier bridge in Montreal. Popular with suicidal people, hence the fence:

http://www.borealphoto.com/Cycling/Montr%C3%A9al/Pont-Jacques-Cartier-080611/324620416_8gdkv-L.jpg

Chatcolet Bridge on the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes in Idaho

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/roudy/TrailoftheCoeurdAlenes012.jpg