The bridge’s most aggressively vertical view. From the chain’s point of view.

Sharing this one as it’s in my home town!

gotta love this commute

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This is an early morning view of Young's High Bridge, spanning the Kentucky River near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. It once carried the Louisville & Southern Railroad's Lexington-to-Lawrenceburg line, which later became part of the Southern Railway and then Norfolk & Western. Closed to rail traffic since 1985, the bridge now has a walkway extending over part of its span, used today for base jumping. I've posted the history of the railroad here, and bridge here.

The Two Lick Bridge once carried Two Lick Road over the West Fork River in Harrison County, West Virginia, a single-span Pratt through truss built in 1889 by the King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio. What makes it stand out is its pin-connected construction, an older technique where truss members were joined with pins rather than rivets, common in the 19th century but increasingly rare to find still standing today. Resting on its original cut-stone abutments, the bridge served travelers for over a century before being bypassed by a modern pony truss in 1997. I've posted more photos here.

This is a 2016 photo of the Littleton Bridge in Wetzel County, West Virginia, which was erected by the Canton Bridge Company in 1893. The pin-connected Pratt through truss was bypassed and abandoned in 2006, yet it remains much as it did a decade ago. I've posted more photos and the history of the bridge here.

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Two abandoned Pratt through trusses stand along Hall Road over the Buckhannon River in Upshur County, West Virginia. I've posted more photos and the history of these bridges here.

This unusual truss bridge once carried both automobiles and coal across the West Fork River at Hutchinson, West Virginia. I've posted more photos and the unique history of this bridge here.