And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
We used to have an old single lane bridge, it had a traffic light on each side. It's gone now, and all the old farmland is now golf courses and subdivisions.
I cross a bridge just like that when I go to the family ranch. It's in a wildlife area that used to be part of Camp Beale during WWII. The top horizontal beam has a 3" hole in it where an artillery round went through it. Pretty cool.
Those kind of bridges used to be very common around here back in the 60's and 70's, then the state DOT started replacing them with more modern concrete and steel structures. Nowadays, those old one-lane bridges are rare.
My house, built in 1979, has a main support beam in the basement that runs the entire length of the house. It is an old I-beam from what I figure to be one of those old bridges. I don't know where the builder got it, but it has rivet/bolt holes every few feet at staggered angles.
I live a few miles from this one that they restored last year. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3671639,-86.261547,3a,75y,169.84h,77.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sunVvYSxANkJ8LiK8F-9TAQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I love those old brute strength steel bridges !!!
ReplyDeleteWe used to have an old single lane bridge, it had a traffic light on each side. It's gone now, and all the old farmland is now golf courses and subdivisions.
ReplyDeleteI cross a bridge just like that when I go to the family ranch. It's in a wildlife area that used to be part of Camp Beale during WWII. The top horizontal beam has a 3" hole in it where an artillery round went through it. Pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteThose kind of bridges used to be very common around here back in the 60's and 70's, then the state DOT started replacing them with more modern concrete and steel structures. Nowadays, those old one-lane bridges are rare.
ReplyDeleteMy house, built in 1979, has a main support beam in the basement that runs the entire length of the house. It is an old I-beam from what I figure to be one of those old bridges. I don't know where the builder got it, but it has rivet/bolt holes every few feet at staggered angles.
Neat park.
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I live a few miles from this one that they restored last year.
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Amazing how many covered bridges get burnt to the waterline by those punk kids!
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