Ellipsis Photo Shoot: Bridges

At Ellipsis, Carly wants to see photos of bridges and walkways...

EMPS #58: Bridges and Walkways.
Let's go for a walk... shall we? Ok photographers, you know what to do, go out and find me some BRIDGES and WALKWAYS. Autumn, for most of us, is in full swing, so show me something like that, or feel free to dip into your archives and wow me with something you haven't displayed before. Lets cross the BRIDGE together... shall we?

On a little walk through Coolidge Park in Chattanooga back during the heat of the summer, I snapped a few pictures of a couple of the bridges that span the Tennessee River.  Here's a sample...



This is a view of the Walnut Street Bridge. It was built in 1890 and closed in 1978. After sitting idle for more than a decade, it was refurbished and opened as a pedestrian bridge/walkway.



The bridge comes off of a high bluff on the south side of the Tennessee River.  To reach land at a comparable elevation on the north side, the bridge has to pass over a bit of flat land.  This is a view from underneath.



This is another Chattanooga bridge.  Everyone calls it the Market Street Bridge, but its official name is the John Ross Bridge.  It is a bascule bridge, meaning that it has a section that opens up to allow river traffic to pass underneath.  Those are big counterweights on either side of the section that opens.  The Tennessee Aquarium can be seen across the river.  The Walnut Street Bridge can be seen in the background, underneath the bridge.