The Bridges of Hwy 101
No road in America boasts so many lovely bridges in so short a drive--20 famous ones between the California and Washington borders.
Most of them are the brainchild of one man, Conde B. McCullough, Oregon's state bridge engineer from 1919 to 1935, who decided to make each of them beautiful, unique, and "appropriate" to its location. We travelers who pause to smell roses will also park and admire architecture. Note the Art Deco appendages on some and the Romanesque arches of others.
Most of them are the brainchild of one man, Conde B. McCullough, Oregon's state bridge engineer from 1919 to 1935, who decided to make each of them beautiful, unique, and "appropriate" to its location. We travelers who pause to smell roses will also park and admire architecture. Note the Art Deco appendages on some and the Romanesque arches of others.
posted by Diana | 12:14 PM
4 Comments:
Great series of photos and a little education in the process. Thanks.
I'm looking forward to my own trip down the coast in October.
Very creative set of pictures - each one with a unique view. My favorite is the first one - gorgeous!
Well, now you're going to force me to admit that only the first two pictures are mine. The others are pictures of pictures that were at the Visitor's Center in Waldport.
I still like the bridges! What a thing. What an invention.
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