Established in April 2018, the Bridgehunter’s Chronicles’ Pic of the Week features the crème de la crème in terms of photos taken by the author, Jason Smith. While many of the bridge pics go years back, other pics are also taken in the present; some of which are tied together with the current events. In either case, the pics are on display for those who like photography, are interested in bridge photography or even want some inspiration to improve on their photos. The Pic of the week photos are always posted once a week in the Chronicles. If you have some bridges that you would recommend the author photographing, contact Jason Smith at the Chronicles, using the contact information in the About page.
Bridge photos featured (in chronological order beginning with the first pic posting in April 2018):
Pic 1: Castle and Bridge in Rodewisch (Saxony), Germany
Pic 2: Zellstoff Bridge in Zwickau (Saxony), Germany
Pic 3: Bockau Arch Bridge (as part of the series on the Bridge)
Pic 4: Paradiesbrücke in Zwickau (Saxony), Germany
Pic 5: Hirschgrundbrücke in Glauchau (Saxony), Germany before its demolition
Pic 6: Wabasha Bridge in Minnesota (taken in 2010)
Pic 7: Alte Elsterbrücke in Plauen (Saxony), Germany
Pic 9: Cedar Rapids UP Railroad Bridge (photo in 2010)
Pic 10: Ariel Lift Bridge in Duluth
Pic 11: Rochsburg Suspension Bridge (old and new)
Pic 13: Rainbow Arch Bridge at Niagara Falls
Pic 14: Whirlpool Rapids Bridges at Niagara Falls
Pic 15: Kingston Bridge at Niagara Falls
Pic 16: Bronner’s Bridge in Frankenmuth, Michigan
Pic 17: Scherberg Bridge in Glauchau (Saxony), Germany
Pic 18: Zimmer Covered Bridge in Glauchau (Saxony), Germany
Pic 19: Broadway Avenue Bridge in St. Peter, Minnesota: Before and after the Rehab
Pic 21: J-P Border Bridge at Potucky, Czech Republic
Pic 22: S-bahn Danube River Crossing in Vienna, Austria
Pic 23: Mystery Bridge Nr. 106 in Zwickau (Saxony)
Pic 24: Willisch Railroad Bridge
Pic 25: Covered Bridge at Hennersdorf (Saxony)
Pic 26: Steinpleis Viaduct between Zwickau and Werdau
Pic 27: The Wave south of Glauchau (Saxony)
Pic 28: Kern Bowstring Arch Bridge near Mankato, Minnesota
Pic 29: Waddell Through Truss Bridge in Chemnitz, Saxony
Pic 30: Meissen Railroad Bridge
Pic 31: Paradiesbrücke in Zwickau after the Blizzard
Pic 32: Stone Arch Railroad Viaduct in Schwarzenberg
Pic 33: Lundy Bridge in Winneshiek County, Iowa (photo in 2007)
Pic 34: Gateway Trail Bridge near Stillwater, Minnesota (photo in 2010)
Pic 35: Iron Bridge in Aue (Saxony), Germany before the Spring thaw
Pic 36: Fort Dusquene Bridge in Pittsburgh (dedicated to the Pittsburgh Dad)
Pic 37: Loschwitz Cantilever Truss Bridge (Blue Miracle- Blaue Wunder) in Dresden
Pic 38: Sachsenring Raceways in Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Pic 39: Röhrensteg in Zwickau (Saxony)
Pic 40: Little Church Bowstring Arch Bridge in Winneshiek County, Iowa (photo in 2007)
Pic 41: Arch Bridge in Schlunzig
Pic 42: Schlunzig Cable-Stayed and Beam Bridges
Pic 43: Stauffenberg Viaduct in Dresden
Pic 44: Waldschlosschen Bridge in Dresden
Pic 45: Schiller Bridge in Aue (Saxony) at night
Pic 46: Skunk River Truss Bridge in Ames, Iowa (photo in 2011)
Pic 47: The Arch Bridge at Flossplatz
Pic 48: Alsenberg Dam and Bridge in Hof (Bavaria)
Pic 49: Haara Truss Bridge near Bad Blankenhain (Thuringia)
Pic 51: Unterkotzkau Viaduct near Hof (Bavaria)
Pic 52: Alte Burgauer Brücke in Jena (Thuringia)
Pic 53: Dump Road Bridge in Spencer, Iowa (photo in 2011)
Pic 54: Eldorado Bridge in Iowa (photo in 2011)
Pic 55: Kniebreche Viaduct near Zölbitz
Pic 56: Winona Truss Bridge (photo in 2010)
Pic 57: Pöhl Viaduct in Vogtland Region
Pic 58: Friesenthal Viaduct near Plauen
Pic 59: Two Abandoned Truss Spans in Pittsburgh
Pic 60: Mittweida Railroad Viaduct
Pic 61: Filzwerk Truss Bridge in Hof (Bayern)
Pic 62: Pirk Viaduct near Plauen
Pic 63: Ellsworth Ranch Bridge near Estherville, Iowa
Pic 64: Rieth Bridge in Erfurt (now dismantled and in storage)
Pic 65: Piney Fork Bridge near Dillonville, Ohio
Pic 66: Sigmund Jähn’s Bridge (tribute included)
Pic 67: Kunitz Covered Bridge near Jena
Pic 68: Schlunzig Cable-Stayed Bridge under construction
Pic 69: Glienicker Bridge at the former East-West Berlin Border in Potsdam
Pic 70: Rochsburg Suspension Bridge- Fall Shot
Pic 71: Könneritz Bridge in Leipzig
Pic 72: Chemnitz Viaduct in Winter
Pic 73: Luten arch bridge in Meissen, Germany
Pic 74: Paradiesbrücke in Zwickau in the fog
Pic 75: Boom Island Railroad Bridge in Minneapolis, MN- now a bike trail
Pic 76: Green Valley Bridge near Marshall, MN (now extant)
Pic 77: Eisenhower Bridge near Milton, Iowa
Pic 78: Bettendorf Suspension Bridge
Pic 79: Schafteich Railroad Bridge in Glauchau
Pic 80: Steinpleiss Viaduct near Werdau
Pic 81: Augustus Bridge in Dresden
Pic 82: Chancy Bridge near Geneva (CH)
Pic 83: Baroque-style Skyway between the Cathedral and the Castle in Dresden
Pic 84: Baroque-style Skyway near the Frauenkirche in Dresden
Pic 85: Kirby Flynn Bridge near Emmetsburg, Iowa
Pic 86: Thunder Bridge in Spencer, Iowa
Pic 87: Moltke Bridge in Berlin
Pic 89: Arch Bridge at Schlossteich in Wildenfels (Saxony)
Pic 90: Grundelteich Bridge at the Park in Glauchau (Saxony)- Covid 19 shot
Pic 91: Truss Bridge at the Kossuth/Humboldt Co. border in Iowa- now extant
Pic 92: Pont de Vessy in Geneva, Switzerland
Pic 93: Hirschgrund Bridge at Castle Complex in Glauchau (Saxony)- restored version
Pic 94: Schonemann Park Waddell Bridge south of Luverne, Minnesota
Pic 95: Shakopee Bridge in Minnesota
Pic 96: Henry Bridge in Winneshiek County, Iowa- includes quiz
Pic 97: Carl Alexander Bridge in Dornburg (north of Jena), Thuringia
Pic 98: Long Meadow Bridge in Bloomington, MN
Pic 99: The Alfred Herrnhausen Memorial Bridge in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
Pic 100: The Anoka-Champlain Bridge in Minneapolis, MN
Pic 101: Covered Bridge and former mill at Lauter-Bernsbach, Saxony
Pic 102: Bridge-Tunnel in Jena, Thuringia
Pic 103: Durrow Road Bridge in Linn County, Iowa
Pic 105: Sandcastle Waterpark Railroad Bridge near Pittsburgh
Pic 106: Hollernzollern Bridge in Cologne
Pic 107: West Auburn Bridge in Fayette County, Iowa
Pic 108: Rabenstein Viaduct near Chemnitz, Saxony
Pic 109: New Canal Twin Bridges in Granite City, Missouri
Pic 110: Köhlbrand Bridge in Hamburg
Pic 111: Domitz Highway Bridge
Pic 112: Noorbrücke near Schleswig (Schleswig-Holstein)
Pic 113: The Bridge at Heverstrom at Nordstrand (Schleswig-Holstein)
Pic 114: Lindaunis-Schlei Bridge revisited
Pic 115: The Iron Bridges at Schwerin Castle Gardens (MV)
Pic 116: Ballustrades of the Schlossbrücke in Schwerin (MV)
Pic 117: Knüppeldammbrücke in Schwerin (MV)
Pic 118: Schweriner Schloss und Brücke (MV)
Pic 119: Fall Foilage at Grundelpark and Bridge in Glauchau (Saxony)
Pic 120: Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge in Green Bay, WI (Photo by Cathy Pochert)
Pic 121: Saaletal (Motorway A4) Viaduct in Jena, Thuringia
Pic 122: Thunder Bridge in Spencer, Iowa at Christmas Time. (Photo by Eric Johannsen)
Pics 123 & 124: Covered Bridge in Cantrill, Iowa and Appleton Bridge in Missouri
Pic 125: Middle Bridge in Basel, Switzerland at Christmas Time. (Photo by Raphael Alú)
Pic 126: Cutler Donahue Covered Bridge in Madison County, Iowa
Pic 127: Glauchau on New Year’s Eve
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___________________Tribute to James Baughn (1980- 2020)________________________
Pic 128: Hargrove Bridge in Butler County, MO
Pic 129: Wappello Bridge in Wayne County, MO
Pic 130: Cape Girardeau Bridge
Pic 131: Westphalia Bridge in Osage County, MO- Bonus: Song- Sign
Pic 132: Bellerive Bridge in St. Louis
Pic 133: Oakland Mills Bridge near Mt. Pleasant, IA
Pic 135: Gasconade (Route 66) Bridge in LeClede County, MO
Pic 136: Bonanza Bridge in Caldwell County, MO
Pic 137: Charlotte Road Bridge at Historic Bridge Park near Battle Creek, Michigan
Pic 138: Jefferson City Bridges
Pic 139: Booneville Railroad Bridge in Booneville, MO
Pic 140: Gage Junction Bridge in Chester, IL
Pic 141: Quinn Creek A-Frame Bridge in Fayette County, IA
Pic 142: Geode Bridge at Saunders Park in Mt. Pleasant, IA
Pic 143: Cascade Bridge in Burlington, IA
Pic 144: Herculaneum Bridge in Jefferson County, MO
Pic 145: Gospel Street Bridge in Paoli, IN
Pic 146: Osage City (MO) Railroad Bridge
Pic 147: Shadow Rock Bridges in Taney County, MO
Pic 148: Gasconade River I-40 Bridge in MO
Pic 149: Truss Bridge near Roseman Covered Bridge in Madison County, Iowa
Pic 150: Big Bend Bridge in Franklin County, MO
Pic 151: Guessing Quiz and Answer
Pic 152: Black Bridge in Tama County, Iowa
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Author’s No Comment:
In addition to the Pics of the week, we have the Author’s No Comment series. There some pics, signs and other postings can be found here, those that have heads shaking and scratching. Most of these here are in connection with the current events, tying them in with bridges.
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No Comment Nr. 1: Bridge Washed Out and Liberties
No Comment Nr. 2: Red Skies over San Francisco
No Comment Nr. 3 No Smoking Sign on Covered Bridge
No Comment Nr. 4: Stunt-biking on a through arch bridge
No Comment Nr. 5: Driving through a flooded causeway at rising tide.
No Comment Nr. 6: Driving across a frail bridge in a truck while driving- and surviving it!
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