What page are these on in the Touratech catalogue? I'm searching and I can't find them - just what I need for the back of mine. Stunning Mark
Remnants of a hundred-years-gone railroad trestle bridge in the Sacramento Mtns of New Mexico, south of Cloudcroft. That's my son there when he was 12.
Here is a pic of an old bridge I crossed recently - located near Wellington in the Cape - South Africa. It is mainly used by passing agricultural vehicles.
Looks like you did something highly prohibited and dangerous. The average life duration when stopped on the side of the highway is 20minutes (this is no joke at all!) Here is the safe way to get a pic of the Millau bridge:
New River Bridge over the New River in Fayette, West Virginia http://www.nps.gov/neri/bridge.htm 2nd longest steel-arch bridge in the world 2nd highest bridge in this country (1st is Royal Gorge Bridge over the Arkansas River in Colorado) Construction Begun June 1974 Completion October 22, 1977 Height 876 feet Bridge Length 3,030 feet Arch Length 1,700 feet Rise 360 feet Final Cost $37,000,000 Bid Price $33,984,000 Weight 88,000,000 lbs. Deck Width 69 feet And here's a picture of the old bridge that used to take you 40 minutes to cross to get to the other side ... Here's the what the route looks like in Mapsource Topo - Sam
Not that I'm daring or tempting people or anything. After all, I'm sure no one here would consider doing anything that might run afoul of the law, but I haven't seen any pics of bikes crossing this bridge: http://www.shastalake.com/sundialbridge/ but I'm sure it would be pretty cool if someone did. Not that I am tempting anyone.
I didnt read all the posts here so I hope another Pittsburgher hasnt posted these yet... Smithfield st. brdige links downtown to the South Side, oldest steel extant bridge around.. This is not a Pittsburgh brdige but I think its in W. Va or something..
