The Old Camelback Bridge
by John M Bailey
Title
The Old Camelback Bridge
Artist
John M Bailey
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The Camelback Bridge in the Florida Keys, also known as the Bahia Honda Rail Bridge, was built as a railroad truss bridge by Henry Flagler. After the railroad was partially destroyed in the 1935 Labor Day hurricane the state of Florida purchased the bridge to be used as part of the Overseas Highway to Key West. Since the space between the two trusses was too narrow for car lanes, they built the highway on top of the truss bridge. In 1972 it was replace by a modern bridge and is now left to slowly disintegrate into the ocean. Two spans were removed to allow boat traffic and several signs are posted on the remaining spans warning boaters of possible falling debris.
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March 11th, 2016
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Comments (17)
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
Very amazing capture of this historic bridge!! a very different kind of bridge!! cool image!! L/F
Toni Abdnour
A wonderful capture of this old bridge, John! Beautiful tones and eye-catching details! l/f/tw
Roselynne Broussard
what an interesting bridge - and I love the way you edited this image - well done, John!!!
Lenore Senior
A beautiful, delicate interpretation of this beautiful combination of nature and architecture! v/f!!