Roosevelt Island Tram traveling over the East River. Looking west towards Manhattan and the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge. In the top photo you can barely see the red tram station at 59th st. Station. Bottom: tram pulling into the station on Roosevelt Island. Normally I am phobic regarding heights, but I rode the tram from Roosevelt Island back to Manhattan and had not issues. Will be posting some of the fun tram photos in the near future.
Category: Bridge
Trestle and Bridge
A couple of more sights along the Interurban Trail. I think the clearance underneath the trestle is 8 feet, 6in. Bigfoot might have to duck to pass under.
More from the Green River Trail
Of course, what would any urban trail be without graffiti and generally poorly placed street art? The pilings in the second photo are from days gone by when there was a lot of river traffic and commerce.
Odd Color Tones
The view of the pedestrian bridge is from inside an elevator that had green tinted glass. The second image caught my attention as the cloud formation seemed ominous.
Cedar River
Section of the Cedar River in Renton, Wa. The Cedar River Watershed supplies a large portion of Seattle’s water. An old pedestrian bridge, below, is showing its age. In this part of the country anything left outside will inevitably have something green growing on it shortly.
Views from the Train
Some images taken from the Amtrak train that runs between Seattle and Portland. Two of the images are of an industrial area the train passes by and the third shot is looking south, towards downtown Portland as we cross the Willamette River.
This is What Happens…….
when drug companies build bridges.
14th Street Bridge
I have been following the progress of the new 14th St. Bridge from the start of the demo. Thought I would post something fairly recent to mark the progress. I have a few images from this past week, but they are still on the chip in the camera.
Rusty Train Bridge
Rusty train bridge just west of the locks. These old bridges are cool, with the large counterweight lift mechanism.
Dredging out the East Cofferdam
They are still digging out the river bottom on the East cofferdam on the 14th St. Bridge Project in South Park. I wonder if I am the only one photographing the project, from beginning to end?
South Park Bridge- A Look Back
Two similar views of the South Park Bridge that is now under reconstruction. The mid-span or the part that raises for boat traffic has been dismantled for some time. Currently there are two cofferdams in place where new bridge columns will be built.
Rivets
Rivets holding the tower pieces together on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Big Teeth
I believe this is the boring bit used to drill a hole in the ground for the large, support columns for the new 14th St. bridge.
Large
Large, cement form to be used for a column ( I think ) on the new 14th St. Bridge. I couldn’t get closer as it was fenced off.
14th St. Bridge
Recent photos of the construction of the new 14th St. ( Duwamish River ) Bridge. Top Photo: view of East Span with new cofferdam behind the barge. Middle Photo: view of the new cofferdam on West side of span. Bottom Photo: view of original East Span. The interesting thing in this view is the eight vertical I-beams that had to be installed on the old section in order to hold the weight of the crane parked on top. The bridge could not hold the load of a crane that was needed to build the new bridge. Driving the 8 beams into the river bottom to add strength was a cool, engineering idea.
Cofferdams Finished
The two cofferdams for the new bridge in South Park are finished. I am not sure if the water has been pumped out or not. Apparently the project is going to continue on during the evenings for a while.
