Posted January 21, 2019, by Brent Beal (brentb1961 [at] gmail [dot] com)
I took a photo of this bridge in 2011 and always thought it was something I might want to try painting. Attached is that painting. My parents live less than a mile from this bridge to the SE. My understanding is that the highway bridge was washed out in the early 60's due to spring flooding. The road was re-routed just a couple hundred yards to the north as a wooden trestle and is still used today. During the construction of the arched bridge in 1903, the workers lived in tents up in the woods of the farm just to the south.
I had sent a donation your way a while ago, when I found this site. At the time, I said I would send a picture of my finished painting.
Thanks again for recording the history on these old bridges. I tried posting on another website page, but had some difficulties. I'm glad I found this pages, so I could pass it along.
I took a photo of this bridge in 2011 and always thought it was something I might want to try painting. Attached is that painting. My parents live less than a mile from this bridge to the SE. My understanding is that the highway bridge was washed out in the early 60's due to spring flooding. The road was re-routed just a couple hundred yards to the north as a wooden trestle and is still used today. During the construction of the arched bridge in 1903, the workers lived in tents up in the woods of the farm just to the south.
I had sent a donation your way a while ago, when I found this site. At the time, I said I would send a picture of my finished painting.
Thanks again for recording the history on these old bridges. I tried posting on another website page, but had some difficulties. I'm glad I found this pages, so I could pass it along.