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FIRST OF ALL
CONDOLENCES TO THE PEOPLE
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This is the underside of the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, MN. To get the best view of the ships as they enter the canal going to or from Lake Superior I suggest you stay at the South Pier Inn which you can see in the background. Lovely rooms and suites.
The Aerial Lift Bridge is a major landmark in the port city of Duluth, Minnesota. The span is a vertical lift bridge, which is rather uncommon, but it began life as an extremely rare transporter bridge—the first of just two such bridges ever constructed in the United States.[2] Originally built in 1905, the bridge was upgraded in 1929–30 to the current lifting design and continues to operate today. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1973. A maritime museum maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers exists near the site of the bridge. (Source: Wikipedia)
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I send my condolences to the people of Norway, too. Thank you for providing a place for them to lift off on their way.
ReplyDeleteYour post today is very interesting to me since here in metropolitan Portland, Oregon, there are currently three vertical lift bridges over the Willamette River, south to north, the Hawthorne Bridge, the Steel Bridge, and the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge. To go between Portland over the Columbia River to Vancouver, Washington, on Interstate 5, you travel one of two side-by-side vertical lift bridges known as the Interstate Bridge, one of only a few opening bridges in the interstate highway system. One more cool thing about the Steel Bridge--it is a double-lift bridge where the lower deck carries railroad tracks, a bike lane and a pedestrian walkway, while the upper deck carries vehicles, light rail trains, bikes, and pedestrians, and both the decks can be lifted independently of each other. These are just a few of the fascinating bridges in Portland. One more neat thing, from the fifth floor rooftop garden at my work building, I can see, starting to the south, the Ross Island Bridge, the Marquam Bridge, the Hawthorne Bridge, the Morrison Bridge, the Burnside Bridge, the Steel Bridge, the Broadway Bridge, and the Fremont Bridge. Portland is an amazing city, nicknamed by some Bridge Town. The river width spanned varies from 850 to 7,850 feet, and all of the bridges also span shoreline roads, paths, or other ground at each shore. You can walk beneath lots of them and/or walk up onto them by ramps and/or stairs. There are even bus stops on the Hawthorne Bridge and the Morrison Bridge. Altogether, there are eleven bridges over the Willamette, including the eight in the central area that I can see from work, and three over the Columbia. Sorry that I got so carried away!
GET OUT FROM UNDER THERE, KATE!
ReplyDeleteYou know how dodgy these MN bridges are
I really got the feeling of being under the bridge. Great shot.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing piece of engineering.
ReplyDeleteCondolences to the people of Norway.
ReplyDeleteNice perspective shot under the bridge.
Very interesting bridge.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe what happened in Norway. My heart goes out to the victims and their families.
The bridge was relatively "new" when I lived in Duluth! I've got some photos of it on L & L Photography (the Mostly Minnesota gallery) which is here: http://lowellsphotos.com/mostlyminnesota/index.html
ReplyDeleteWe drove over the bridge on our way home to Minneapolis from our honeymoon (on Lake Vermilion) in our 1950 Plymouth coupe. I still remember it clearly - 1957!
Re your question on The Villages: I've never seen many people in that pool or any pool in The Villages. And there are a great number of pools there! But only a few can be used by outsiders or visitors. This is not one of them. This is what they call a neighborhood pool, to be used only by people who reside in a certain area.
Great bridge, impressive images.
ReplyDeleteNice view under the bridge. And a transporter bridge is a most unusual construction!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a strong one but hey you never know.
ReplyDeleteYay, another view of this bridge! I quite enjoy watching the ships going under these bridges, though this one is quite a bit bigger than our local one!
ReplyDeleteI have been underneath some bridges recently foraging for unusual photographs. It is quite a nice environment in an odd way, isn't it? Your top photo is very good, Kate.
ReplyDeleteTalk about synchronicity! I posted the SAME BRIDGE today! How cool is that! But I didn't get the shot underneath the bridge! That is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great shot under the bridge and what a fantastic bridge it is!
ReplyDeleteHaha... what are the chances that Louis gets the same bridge on two blogs! Yet it's worth seeing twice... an interesting bridge it is.
ReplyDelete@Lynette... do get out your camera and join the Sunday bridge fun!
I'm sure I would enjoy seeing the bridge in operation...and the hotel looks magnificent.
ReplyDeleteAmazing feat of engineering for 1905! Looks like it has been well maintained too!
ReplyDeleteKate, I have photos of the bridges, but I always forget to put them on Sunday and then attach them to Louis' Sunday Bridges. Thanks for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteThe perspective in the top shot is just great, Kate!
ReplyDeleteOh, how i would LOVE to see that bridge go up and down. Amazing structure. I have never seen one like this though from the comments they are many others. That undershot makes me feel like I am there on my back with my camera shooting above me. Great shots this week. Genie
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