Bridge Photo Thread

[BostonUrbEx]

Apparently we don't have a general bridge thread, so this may as well be the place for one!

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[statler]

^^Excellent idea! Thanks.

[Beton Brut]

I guess I should take some pics of this (http://www.finleyengineeringgroup.com/projects/project.cfm?articleID=E9A57F40-F1F6-B13E-87AD130B765D9F13) then...

Someone at MassDOT has a Flickr set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/massdot/sets/72157623880609271/) underway.

[BostonUrbEx]

^ Ohh, nice! I didn't know they were already underway with that project!



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[BostonUrbEx]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4712724830_2fab33ea71_b.jpg

^ Just realized you can also see the Pleasure Bay pedestrian bridge, too. :)

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[vanshnookenraggen]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4713457498_bd8b0534ce_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanshnookenraggen/4713457498/sizes/o/)


Click for really really big.

[HenryAlan]

@ Van,

I saw that guy's blog, too. :) Really amazing stuff on that bridge, especially the archways on the tower roof. It just is nothing like you'd expect to find in the U.S.

[vanshnookenraggen]

@ Van,

I saw that guy's blog, too.

What do you mean "that guy"?

[Lurker]

That guy, you know that guy because he is you?

HenryAlan forgets that half the ArchBoston crew has gone all Hollywood and is famous in various performance, political, news media, and internet venues.

[HenryAlan]

I knew it was his, just a joke. I've read Van's blog for years, finding archboston through him, rather than the other way around.

[Charlie_mta]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4582310366_64243b0504_b.jpg

The MBTA could have used colored concrete on the Lechmere viaduct repairs, to match the original aged concrete, instead of the stark white. Mixing integral coloring into new concrete is not hard to do.

[vanshnookenraggen]

I knew it was his, just a joke. I've read Van's blog for years, finding archboston through him, rather than the other way around.

:) Sarcasm is really lost on message boards.

[armpitsOFmight]

^^You're one to talk anal-retentive-mod.

[Arborway]

Beat the heat:

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[KentXie]

Slightly off topic but does anyone know if there are any plans to replace the Charlestown Bridge. I remember it is one of the bridges labeled "structurally deficient."

[Beton Brut]

^^You're one to talk anal-retentive-mod.

Anal-Retentive Mod vs. Anal-Expulsive Troll - only one can win!

Cool pic, Arborway.

[Boston02124]

cool thread,most of my bridge pixs are already posted on here ,so u might see some repeats,luv the New York pix! http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/448.jpg water st bridge Fitchburg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-7.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-2.jpg I have too many R.I. http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/151.jpg last one 4 now http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/222-1.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

I have too many R.I.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/151.jpg

Is that the Mt Hope Bridge?

Edit:

Yes. Ain't technology great?

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3572/mthope.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/mthope.jpg/)

[Boston02124]

nice I've yet to drive over it ^ today>http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/064-2.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/066-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/080-1.jpg

[Boston02124]

more from around the city on Saturday Nepondset bridge rehab http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/210-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/211-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/218-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/219-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/221-3.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/222-2.jpg transit bridge http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/223-2.jpg Congress st bridge http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/276-2.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/275-2.jpg Chelsea river bridge? http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/283-2.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/300-1.jpg Zakim bridge from Deer Island http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/311.jpg Tobin fron Deer Is.http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/379-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/417-2.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/431.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/432-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/453-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/459-2.jpghttp://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/465-3.jpg bridge between Winthrop/East Boston?http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/433-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/287-2.jpg RR bridge replacement Dorchester http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/230-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/231-3.jpg broadway bridge http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/tampa%20fla/248-4.jpg

[Boston02124]

from 93 no. http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxbos174.jpghttp://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxbos173.jpg

[Mike02125]

http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy179/Mike02125/IMG_1286.jpg

[Boston02124]

http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/207.jpg

[BostonUrbEx]

Nice shot. How do you get on those northbound side lanes, anyways? I've never ended up on them and don't know where they come from.


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Northern Avenue Bridge

[czsz]

I like that shot. Really evokes Independence Wharf as a modern version of the old Fort Point warehouses...which I guess was the architects' intent.

[Boston02124]

Nice shot. How do you get on those northbound side lanes, anyways? I've never ended up on them and don't know where they come from.


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Northern Avenue Bridge when u come from the airport ur forced onto that side ramp

[Boston02124]

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[BostonUrbEx]

Freakin' epicsssss. Love the one on the Zakim, the cables look like really tall, skinny columns!

[Boston02124]

today http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/040-5.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/044-6.jpg

[Boston02124]

yesterday http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/037-8.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/038-6.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/029-1.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/046-3.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/045-9.jpg

[datadyne007]

http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/045-9.jpg

I honestly don't think I've ever seen a pic of the Zakim with the actual Bunker Hill Monument in the same view before. Awesome!

[Boston02124]

^thanks more from yesterday http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/007-12.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/023-14.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/035-7.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/033-6.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/030-10.jpg

[DZH22]

Delaware Memorial Bridge

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[Lurker]

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8553/lurkersfavoritebridge.jpg (http://img829.imageshack.us/i/lurkersfavoritebridge.jpg/)

[Ron Newman]

Nice pillars. Where is it?

[Lurker]

Semi-standard design for the Trans-Siberian Railway. They are painted different colors at each river crossing, or at least used to be.

[Boston02124]

Sunshine bridge Florida last month> early morning http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/005-19.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/006-22.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/007-18.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/008-15.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/011-20.jpg mid afternoon http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/099-1.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/097-2.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/096-1.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/095-2.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/092-2.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/090-3.jpg today around Boston> http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/054-11.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/052-11.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/043-10.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/039-10.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/037-12.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/036-12.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/056-12.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/058-13.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/061-11.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/062-10.jpg

[BostonUrbEx]

Wow, what's the grade on that bridge in Miami.

[Boston02124]

It's in the St Petersburg/Tampa Bay area,not sure of the grade?

[Boston02124]

Tobin/chelsea bridge from camb.http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/062-13.jpg

[Ron Newman]

What bridge is in the two photos after the Tampa Bay bridge?

[Boston02124]

thats the new Chelsea st bridge replacement http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/055-8.jpg

[Ron Newman]

Thanks. The first photo shows cars on it; I thought it was closed to traffic until December? (This is actually important for me to know since I may be biking from Somerville to Winthrop soon)

[gooseberry]

Thanks. The first photo shows cars on it; I thought it was closed to traffic until December? (This is actually important for me to know since I may be biking from Somerville to Winthrop soon)
That's an old picture from when they were building the towers over the old bridge before they removed it. There's no span there now

[Ron Newman]

Thanks again. I take it traffic (including my bike) is detoured to the Meridian Street bridge?

[Beton Brut]

Ron, for the foreseeable future, the Meridian Street Bridge (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Meridian+Street+bridge,+east+boston&hl=en&ll=42.385798,-71.03976&spn=0.003083,0.006968&sll=42.382686,-70.994443&sspn=0.000776,0.001742&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=18) will be your best option to East Boston and points North and East. The Chelsea Street Bridge won't be operational for some months.

An additional traffic hazard FYI on getting from East Boston into Winthrop: The Saratoga Street / Main Street bridge (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=winthrop+mass&hl=en&ll=42.382686,-70.994443&spn=0.000776,0.001742&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&t=h&z=20&vpsrc=6) is currently half-closed for reconstruction. It's certainly passable on a bike, but it's something to be aware of. You may wish instead to take Bennington Street, past the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, and cut through Beachmont to Winthrop Shore Drive.

[gooseberry]

You may wish instead to take Bennington Street, past the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, and cut through Beachmont to Winthrop Shore Drive.

I bike from Chelsea to Deer Island a lot and I think this is the nicest route for biking.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/6085623880_724f5d80f4_b.jpg

[Boston02124]

today from the Longfellow bridge http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/062-15.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/064-11.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/066-11.jpg

[Beton Brut]

(This is actually important for me to know since I may be biking from Somerville to Winthrop soon)

You ever make that trip, Ron? If so, how'd it go?

[Boston02124]

too fast! windshield upshot >http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/045-18.jpg

[Ron Newman]

You ever make that trip, Ron? If so, how'd it go?

Yes, I did. Two round trips, in fact, on successive days of Labor Day weekend.
My route is shown here: http://g.co/maps/uv9vn

[BostonUrbEx]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6177605525_794741ece8_b.jpg

[Beton Brut]

My route is shown here: http://g.co/maps/uv9vn

Righteous. Your route is an object lesson in the difference between physical and psychological distance.

[Ron Newman]

The scariest places on that route are the expansion joints on the Route 99 bridge and (especially) the Meridian Street bridge. They looked like giant teeth waiting to eat my tires. If there had been any rain whatsoever on the days of my rides, or the day before, I would have walked across both bridges instead of riding.

[BostonUrbEx]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/6235866619_30a3345400_b.jpg

[Boston02124]

some nice pixs posted here^ Zakim >http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/045-20.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/046-20.jpg http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/ric02124/047-19.jpg

[Ron Newman]

Righteous. Your route is an object lesson in the difference between physical and psychological distance.

Indeed. Davis Square to Winthrop is about 10.8 miles, as is Davis Square to Bedford. But the Winthrop trip sure feels a lot longer.

[Beton Brut]

The Chelsea Street Bridge won't be operational for some months.

I noticed last night from the McClellan Highway that the movable truss that supports the road-bed has been pulled into place and raised to its full lifted position. It'll take some time to get the mechanicals dialed in, but this project is pretty close to complete. It's a handsome bridge, but I still think it needs a coat of green paint.

Thanks 02124 (http://archboston.org/community/showpost.php?p=130591&postcount=809).