A Bridge Between People
A Bridge Between People enables the passage of ideas,
Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you.
A Bridge Between People
Starting to See Cactus Now
Starting to See Cactus Now, I always love seeing cactus when in the south. So many different kinds, but we are traveling through this area in February and March, so a lot of the cactus do not look so good this time of year, as it is colder temperatures even in Texas.
We did find this bridge on the map and drove over to see it, I find the construction of older bridges fascinating as well. This is actually a historic bridge named Buchanan Dam Bridge, built in 1937. It was a perfect location at the time below the dam on the Colorado River.
It is a pedestrian bridge now. You can walk across it and when you do there is a constant humming sound, like music almost. From the wind or the traffic going across the newer bridge up river.
Starting to See Cactus Now
The Old Become New Again
The Old Become New Again, I love photographing bridges. The architecture alone is quite impressive on these massive bridges that not only are a way of transportation across rivers, but they also remind me of adventure, what is on the other side. A thought of keep moving and learning cross my mind when I see bridges.
This bridge below is the Centennial Bridge in Davenport Iowa, crossing over the Mississippi River, very old but so pretty at night with all its lights on.
This bridge is new, up river from the first bridge. New design and look compared to the architecture of old.
As we travel south, there will be a few bridges to cross I am sure. As like this one in Illinois.
But as always, adventure awaits after every bridge crossed.
Have a Wonderful Weekend
The Old Become New Again
The Ice is Breaking Up
The Ice is Breaking Up at the lake. The lake looks so blue when the skies are clear. I went to this wonderful little park to see how the ice is doing and it is nice to see clear water again. It was kind of cold on this day so I did not get around the whole park.
It is good to see all the spring birds coming back, it is even nice to see the gulls again.
This is an entrance to a Cable bridge at this park. I love the towering beams holding the cables up at each end.
It is a small suspension bridge held by lots of heavy duty cables. But they suggest only 2 people at a time. It really gets to moving as you walk across it. I will have to go back there again for better photos. It was pretty cold and still slippery with ice everywhere.
Bridges a Useful Way of Seeing
Bridges a Useful Way of Seeing, I do love the idea and the structure of bridges. The architecture that goes into play to create a bridge is amazing to me. I have been watching this bridge here being built over the last year on the Mississippi River.
One arch is finally complete, I just happened to be standing here when the tug boat was passing by and took a shot as it appeared to be in the center of the eye.
Here in this photo below, they had one more piece to put into the arch. I took this photo about a month ago. Now they are building the second arch, but the process of building these on this massive river, is very interesting to watch, so many workers, engineers, tug boats and barges everywhere.
All the parts that make up a bridge are important. Without one bit, the other bits would either collapse, cease to be functional, or be structurally weakened.
For example, there are three main definitions of the structure of a bridge,
- Support: The structure that props up a bridge.
- Span: Span is defined by Wikipedia as the distance between two intermediate supports for a structure.
- Foundation: The portion of a structure that transfers the weight of that structure into the ground
Bridges as a Metaphor;
What this means is that it is the span that provides the functional purpose of the bridge, but without the necessary number of supports (positive input, truth), a point of weakness is reached through bending under an unevenly distributed load. None of this will matter if the foundation established is not sufficient to carry out the ‘heavy lifting’ needed.
Below, this is probably my favorite bridge, it is pretty plain looking and it appears to look as if it is a bridge to no where. But in reality, on the other side of this bridge is one of my favorite places to be.
That would be the ocean, waters upon waters. Water holds endless inspiration, magic and mystery, it holds endless inspiration to dream as far as the eye can see.
Bridges a Useful Way of Seeing
