Walker Covered Bridge was moved to Hart Square and restored in 1999. It is the least historic of all the structures at Hart Square. This 17-year-old covered bridge provides a unique walkway from the main ‘street’ across the dam to the Chapel of Peace. The window provides a view of the other side of the Upper Lake.
Walker Bridge
View from the Bridge Window
Bridge Leading Out
The Walker Covered Bridge at Hart Square leads to the Chapel of Peace.
Most of America’s covered bridges were built between 1825 and 1875. By the 1870s, most bridges were covered at the time of construction. The original reason for the cover was to protect the bridge’s trusses and decks from snow and rain, preventing decay and rot.
Covered Bridge to the Chapel
While the Tower Bridge in London is famous and most often visited, the red colored water boat and red object above the clock are eye-catching in this image.
Overpowering Tower Bridge
We end our series on Bridges with an image of a “golden” bridge (the Manchester Bridge at 9th Street) leading into downtown Richmond, Virginia.
A bird is perched on a concrete rail and gets a full view of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge from San Francisco side.
A different perspective of two bridges over James River in Richmond, Virginia
In Durham, North Carolina, Sarah P. Duke Gardens’ iconic red bridge has been named the Meyer Bridge. The bridge is located over the large pond in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum and is a favorite spot for visitors to pause for photos and gaze at the beauty around them. Reflection of the bridge in a moving pond creates an artistic feel.
An interesting perspective of a road bridge at a cross angle with a railway bridge at sunset over James River in Richmond, Virginia
The Somesville Bridge, one of the most photographed bridges in Maine, is located within the charming Village of Somesville on Mount Desert Island. The Somesville Bridge with its graceful arch transgressing the waters of Somes Creek frames nature’s perfection, marking the seasons on many a calendar. The symmetrical reflection of the bridge on the creek add to the image.
Captured the sunset at the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, a bridge spanning the Savannah River between downtown Savannah, Georgia, and Hutchinson Island.
Tower Bridge is a drawbridge in London. It crosses the River Thames near the Tower of London. It allows ships through the bridge deck when is raised at an angle in the center. This bridge is well photographed and the red double decker bus adds to this image.
An unusual wooden bridge in Lake James State Park, a North Carolina state park in Burke and McDowell counties, North Carolina.
A connecting walkway between two buildings almost looks like a modern, covered bridge
Lights captured at blue hour at The Market Street Bridge, officially referred to as the John Ross Bridge, a bascule bridge that spans the Tennessee River between downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the Northshore District.
A painter has a different view and paints the the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. It is made up of two bridge segments: a skyway structure/single anchored suspension bridge between Oakland and Yerba Buena Island, and a suspension span from the island to San Francisco.
The Royal Gorge is a 1,200 foot canyon on the Arkansas River, forming a 10-mile long gorge. The Royal Gorge Bridge is suspended 1,053 feet above the river, making Royal Gorge Bridge & Park the ideal place for scenic views
A swinging steel cable and rope bridge above the tree tops to view birds at a forest in Ecuador Amazonia
A different monochrome perspective from being under the Mannon C. Gore Bridge, Sunset Beach, North Carolina
Not as iconic as the Vatican behind it, Ponte Sant’Angelo, originally the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, is a Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus), to span the Tiber from the city center to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant’Angelo.
The footbridge at the Whalehead Club in Historic Corolla Park was built c.1925. Corolla is a small town on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, between Currituck Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Historic Corolla Park is home to Currituck Beach Lighthouse, with sea views and a historic museum.
