• Architecture,  Bridges,  HDR,  History

    The Covered Railroad Bridges

    My son and I finished mountain biking in the Newport Town Forest ( a great place by the way for some incredible technical single track). I brought my camera and tripod along and thought visiting the two covered railroad bridges would be a great place to eat our lunch. I have taken images of Wright, but not the Pier (Chandler Station) Bridge. Looking East into the Pier Bridge Now the quick history lesson (taken mostly from the signs at the site). The Wright and Pier bridges are two of eight surviving covered rail bridges in the states. The Wright Bridge was built first in 1907 and the Pier Bridge a…