Bridges!

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Turbulent waters below the bridge

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Originally Posted by sod1

Turbulent waters below the bridge

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It's called the potato-patch by those who enter "the gate" on the outgoing tide...;)

A bridge in the farmlands near my hometown. The farmlands around here are getting smaller and smaller. Just a couple of years ago this used to be grassland as far as your eyes could see...

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictur...and-bridge.jpg

Prospero,
Progress? Our farms are also disappearing, sold to the highest bidder, and who can blame the farmers.
Goodbye are the amber waves of grain, hello
pre-fab communities. Well here is a bridge in my hometown,
while I still have one.
-Rich
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A suspension bridge in NZ that we needed to cross to start our hike. And yours truely made the mistake of looking down half way across! :eek:

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Some shots with my new Sony S-600

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Originally Posted by rawpaw18

Prospero,
Progress? Our farms are also disappearing, sold to the highest bidder, and who can blame the farmers.
Goodbye are the amber waves of grain, hello
pre-fab communities. Well here is a bridge in my hometown,
while I still have one.
-Rich

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I agree, this is no progress, though I didn't really like the grassland that much either (the landscape was a bit boring in my opinion).

Here's a picture of a remarkable bridge in my hometown:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictur...eer-bridge.jpg

Here's one I took of the Oakland bridge just the other day while driving.

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Originally Posted by mumbles420

Here's one I took of the Oakland bridge just the other day while driving.

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It was called the Bay Bridge when I lived there. I guess if you live in Oakland it's the Oakland bridge. I spent some time at TI and Yuerba Buena Island in the Navy and Coast Guard, so I know the suspension span pretty well. I try to avoid the catelever span as it had a small problem in 1989, and the Emeryville, Alameda, Berkley side is a BFM most of the day. The picture is the suspension span (San Francisco) side, and similar in design to the Golden Gate bridge.

For those across the nation the San Francisco side of this bridge is the end of I-80 which starts around Ridgefiled Park New Jersey. I have a relative who drives the whole route once or twice a year from Washington DC.

End of geography lesson...

... and many thanks for the picture.