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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2010 11:53:45 GMT
This bridge I spent countless hours on as a child fishing off of with my father. I always visit it when I go to visit. The smell of creosote from the old pilings alone brings back so many,many good memories.It sits over a pond which runs into a bay which runs into the Atlantic.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2010 19:51:21 GMT
The smell of creosote is also part of my childhood fishing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2010 16:47:41 GMT
More nice bridges. I can't say that a bridge has ever bought back childhood memories for me. That's interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2010 18:43:46 GMT
It's not the bridge. It's the smell of creosote in the hot sun! Smells stay with you forever.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2010 17:30:37 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 8, 2010 17:41:48 GMT
Wonderful series, Kerouac! Is that in the US?
That's a wry comment on our times there in #2.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2010 17:47:50 GMT
When you drive the entire length of the Florida Keys to Key West, most of the old bridge is still there, falling apart...
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Post by Kimby on Jun 9, 2010 15:50:41 GMT
Nice of them to leave the old bridge there for the fishermen...
Your photos have the feel of a post apocalyptic movie, though...except the water and sky are both blue instead of black...
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Post by Kimby on Jun 9, 2010 18:09:35 GMT
This is also posted on the snoitcelfeR thread, but it belongs here, too.) (Is there an "official" policy against posting the same image in more than one thread?)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2010 18:55:18 GMT
certainly not
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2010 19:27:43 GMT
Wow, amazing bridges.
Kerouac, that first picture of yours in number 34, it looks like the bridge is made out of some kind of bamboo? It looks so unstable. And the one with the bushes starting to grow out of the paved stones, it's hard to imagine that it's still in use, looks like it doesn't get much traffic.
Kimby, your bridge in number 38, is that from some part of Europe?
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Post by Kimby on Jun 9, 2010 19:33:49 GMT
Yes, it's a fortified medieval bridge at Cahor, France.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2010 19:49:47 GMT
Deyana, that is what concrete looks like when it dissolves in the ocean air over 60 years. The grassy bridges are closed, except to a few fishermen on foot.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 16, 2010 9:33:19 GMT
Here's a bridge that only turns up in low season when the river is too low to allow ships to go up or down and the locals feel they can block it (the river). In Kampong Cham, about 3 hours from here:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2010 10:52:36 GMT
Deyana, that is what concrete looks like when it dissolves in the ocean air over 60 years. I know K. I was just kidding.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2010 10:55:07 GMT
hw, that's fascinating. So the rest of the time the bridge is under water?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2010 17:52:25 GMT
That is an amazing thing, HW. What is under the roadway part of the bridge ~~ surely it's not suspended?! Are those woven bamboo or reed mats forming the roadbed? How much weight can it support at one time? And finally, does it serve the purpose of creating a shortcut?
(You should know better than to wave something like this under my curious nose!)
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 17, 2010 3:33:22 GMT
No. It's rebuilt every year as soon as the river is too shallow to allow for shipping, the locals' logic being that if no boats can pass they might as well block it completely It's not suspended, it's made entirely of bamboo of different thickness and length. It stands on bamboo poles, the 'road' is made of bamboo poles that could be called a mat I suppose. It support fully loaded pick- ups, maybe up to 3 or 4 tonnes? And yes, it's a shortcut so big trucks still need to use the proper concrete bridge.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2010 5:11:45 GMT
It hardly looks like a government project, but if the villagers build it themselves, do they charge for using it? Or are they the only ones who use it?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2010 10:58:44 GMT
An amazing bridge. I wonder how much weight it can support?
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 19, 2010 2:11:26 GMT
Yes, it's locally built and of course they charge a toll, so would I. Not sure how much it is because I didn't cross, but it will probably be under a dollar for cars.
Not sure about the weight but small trucks can cross so should be about 3 or 4 tonnes.
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Post by cristina on Jun 24, 2010 3:52:33 GMT
HW, your bridge photo/commentary is fascinating. Its amazing that the community is willing to rebuild the bridge every year. I drive under a bridge several times a week that I wish I could photograph for this thread as it is really striking. Its a pedestrian bridge that crosses over a freeway. Its called the " Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge" over the Piestewa Park freeway. The "cage" covering it is designed to mimic the silhouette of the mountain range behind it. Unfortunately, the only way to photograph it and show the relationship between the bridge and mountains, would require standing in the middle of freeway. Or taking a photo while driving kind of fast. I love you guys. But not that much.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 24, 2010 8:10:01 GMT
Oh, I hope you have the camera with you one day when you cross under the bridge as a passenger, not as the driver.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2010 18:21:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 13:42:26 GMT
I have to ask, K. Where is that bridge? I feel like walking over it. Here's a local walking/cycling bridge that crosses the St. John river:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 13:45:30 GMT
Same bridge, from a distance:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 15:22:11 GMT
I have to ask, K. Where is that bridge? I feel like walking over it. I have to admit that I am not sure, since I found the photo in my archives. It is probably either in 1- the Ardèche gorges in France 2- the Spanish Pyrénées
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 15:26:04 GMT
Here's a local walking/cycling bridge that crosses the St. John river. I imagine that is a former single line railway bridge, no? Big bridges like that have never been built just for pedestrians.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 17:33:02 GMT
You are completely right, Kerouac. Yes, it is an Old Train Bridge. In fact is it's name. It's part of a trail that goes on for over 377 KM.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2010 20:01:01 GMT
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