This bridge was built in 1913 and is 75 feet long. It is a 4-panel half-hip Pratt pony truss.
This first
photograph shows the bridge as approached from the east. The location of the
bridge and the 'drama' of its site is the real appeal of this bridge, otherwise
its just a 4-panel pin-connected Pratt that we've all seen before. The roadway
leading down to the bridge from both directions was cut out of the rock.
The bridge sits for the most part on the rock on either side of the
stream.
This is a shot
of the west approach. The bridge sits at an odd angle to the true east-west
direction of the road it is on.
The real drama
is when you approach the bridge from the east going west. You first see the
bridge as pictured here, on a winding road perched high above the stream.
As you wind
down, the bridge seems to 'melt' into the surroundings.
And then you hit
it. Much of the drama and beauty of this crossing would be lost if the bridge
was ever replaced.
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