Seeing as I’ve just written about crossing the Golden Gate Bridge on my road trip, I thought I’d have a look at some other bridges I’ve encountered on my travels. From my hometown, here is Dublin‘s Beckett Bridge.
Just north of New York City on the Hudson Line is the legendary Sleepy Hollow, home to spooky graveyards and the Headless Horseman Bridge.
A rosy sunset over a bridge along Philadephia‘s Schuylkill River, on the way to 30th Street Station.
Are you ready to cross the bridge when you come to it? If you would like to join in the travel theme (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Bridges
- Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
- Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
- Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.
Looking forward to your post – remember, a bridge too far might just be worth the effort.
xxx
Ailsa
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It is always exciting to see what theme and photos you will come up for us. Here is mine: http://wp.me/p23TG1-2f0
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Lovely photos, Francine, that Smolen-Gulf bridge is absolutely fascinating to me, something about it seems quintessentially small-town America, I love it!
Dublin’s Beckett Bridge looks amazing! I’ll be in the city for Saint Patrick’s Day, so I’ll be sure to make my way over to this very enchanting bridge. I went to Chicago a few years back and its millenium park bridge is a noise-cancelling beauty!!!
Ooh, how fun that you’ll be in Dublin for Paddy’s Day, I hope you have an amazing time, tikamika. I’m going to have to check out that bridge in Chicago too, thanks for the tip! xxx
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Ailsa – You’ve got some awfully nice expanses in your bridge set. Excellent portfolio. Here’s my offering for this week’s travel theme, Far from Madison County: http://thepalladiantraveler.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
I love it, Tom, what an amazing photo essay! And I’m awfully touched by your concern for my missing luggage, hee hee! 🙂
Bridges… http://wtofly.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
Yaay, so glad you joined in the bridges challenge, Wtofly, what a lovely series of shots. Can I ask where the 3rd and 4th shots were taken? They’re wonderful!
Thank you so much! The 4th photo is taken in Verona and the 5th one is taken in Bardolino (Lago di Garda) close to Verona ( both locations in Italy).
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G’day, y’all! I’m back from Australia, and I’m rarin’ to go! Here’s my decidedly Down Under take on the week’s Bridges Travel Theme: http://stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/ailsas-travel-theme-bridges-2/
Hurrah, welcome back from down under, Stephen, so glad you got your Sydney on with some fab shots of Sydney Harbour Bridge. xxx
Thanks Ailsa! And once again, and as usual, thanks for giving me (and everyone else) a fabulous forum where we can get all creative wit it! Cheers!
Beautiful Photos 🙂
Thanks Damien, I’d love you join in the weekly travel themes if you’re interested. xxx
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Wow, Ailsa, that Dublin Beckett’s Bridge is so ultra-modern, and your photo is great! I also love the Headless Horseman bridge. Thanks for another good challenge. Here’s mine for this week: http://catbirdinoman.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
The Headless Horseman bridge was sort of spooky, even in the middle of the day! Love your photos, especially that middle one with the reflections. xxx
Thanks so much, Ailsa!! I bet that bridge was spooky!! Just thinking about the legend would make it so!
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I might enter this twice, I think. Here is my first entry (a very old convict built bridge on Norfolk Island in the Pacific): http://empressnasigoreng.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/crossing-a-bridge-in-search-of-adventure/
I love that little old bridge with all those layers of stone, and the guppy hunters are just adorable 🙂
Thanks Ailsa. 🙂
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I love your contrast between the Dublin bridge and your Sleepy Hollow bridge – here’s mine http://wp.me/p2Cq37-bJ
Love it, Ben, especially the model bridge at the NY Botanical Gardens, that must have been a lot of fun to build! 🙂
I love the contrast between the Dublin bridge and the one in Sleepy Holly. Here are some of my favs http://wp.me/p2Cq37-bJ
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nice pick on a the topic,,,,here is a post from and up close and personal experience with a bridge in Argentina from the Life Bus!
http://thelifebus.com/2013/02/22/weekly-travel-theme-bridges/
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had some issues with my previous post – had to redo!!
http://thelifebus.com/2013/02/22/weekly-travel-theme-bridges-2/
Yikes, that looks like a hair-raising bridge to cross, Pam! Thanks for joining in the travel challenge, welcome aboard! 🙂
Are you kidding? LOVE your challenges! Thanks for having me!
…and it was hair – raising – lol!
When I imagine Dublin, which I have to because I haven’t been to Ireland, I don’t have a neon-lit bridge in mind. My vision is of something quainter. Thanks for proposing bridges this week, Ailsa. I had a few: http://soundslikewish.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/ailsas-travel-photo-challenge-bridges/
Dublin is a quirky mix of the very old and the brand spanking new, Trish, there are happily tons of old bridges too! I absolutely loved your post, what amazing bridges, that top one in particular sparks my imagination. xxx
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Beautiful photos! And I’ve been on that bridge in Dublin in December, Ailsa 😀 I’m in love with your home town.
Here’s my bridge:
http://drieskewrites.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
Have a connected weekend x
Lovely shot, Marion, and the haiku fits perfectly! Yeah, my hometown is pretty cool, when I think about it! 🙂
Another fantastic theme – thank you Ailsa! And your first photo is so gorgeous! Here’s my entry!
http://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/weekly-travel-theme-bridges/
Squeak, what a wonderful array of bridges, my faves are from China and NZ – all that green is so, so beautiful! xxx
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Your bridge photos are lovely. I have posted about a bridge which simply goes nowhere! It’s certainly different!
http://madoqua.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/weekly-travel-challenge-a-bridge-to-nowhere
Oh boy, Madoqua, I wouldn’t want to be driving along there in the dark by mistake. I remember watching the light rail bridge from Seattle’s airport into the city centre under construction and was fascinated by the big unfinished structure as it slowly started to take shape.
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Great theme Ailsa! I could have done a few posts from Cork, but that’s not really travelling!!! Looking forward to seeing the Golden Gate Bridge in the summer. http://ayearinmyshoes.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
Wow, I had no idea there were so many bridges in Cork, Livvy. Love that one of the Shaky Bridge!
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great captures, Ailsa and a very interesting theme … as always! here’s mine: http://alwaysbobswife.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
Beautiful shots, alwaysbobswife, and what great contrast between the two. Really lovely post. xxx
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Simply Venice… http://megtraveling.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
Ahh, Venice, such a glorious city. Beautiful shots, Meg, all of them, but my fave is Burano, with such pretty colours! xxx
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Hi Ailsa! M back.. Here’s mine:
http://miljoanne.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
Hi Miljo Anne, what happy photos and wow, look at the colour of that water. Beautiful. xxx
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Love your photos….here are three bridges crossed in my travels….http://thephotoseye.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
Oh my, what a stunning array of bridges you have crossed on your travels! Where was that beautiful white and gold bridge? It’s gorgeous. xxx
Simple bridge: http://wp.me/p16tta-nI
Ciao.
Simple but beautiful, Stefano, and probably a little scary to walk across! 🙂
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I loves me a good bridge shot. http://beyondpaisley.net/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
Ooh, what cool bridges, and a great lesson in liminality! I love the Grove’s Mill shot, and that covered bridge is wonderful too! 🙂
The covered bridge breaks my heart; I so want it to get fixed. Thanks!
Oh I do so hope it gets restored to its former glory. It’s lovely.
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here’s my collection. http://reenareigns.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
have a great day!
Beautiful photos, Reena, where was that old railway bridge? It’s amazing. 🙂
Thanks… it’s in the Northern part of the Czech Republic 😉
Thanks, it’s in the northern part of the Czech Republic 😉
I love it, I haven’t travelled that much in the Czech Republic – only to Prague and Krumlov, there’s so much more to see! One day. 🙂
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Cool theme Ailsa and great shots as usual! Here’s a sampling of some bridges from my travels:
Gorgeous shots, Madhu, that bridge in Kenrokuen Gardens is so simple and yet so elegant, and your photo of the Canals of Suzhou is spectacular. Happy 200 and many more!
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You have your work cut out for you this week! Here’s mine: http://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/weekly-photo-challenge-forward-travel-theme-bridges/
Wow, just working my way through all the bridge entries, Tina, your photos are amazing, my faves, though, are the Bob and Bobcat crossings. 🙂
LOL, thanks Ailsa :-). His name really is Bob!
Haha, that’s too perfect. 🙂
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Great photos Ailsa, great connections!
http://40again.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/travel-theme-bridges/
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Love it, 40again, some very grand bridges indeed, but that sweet little Pack Horse Bridge is my favourite. xxx
Thank you! It’s my favourite too x