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It’s quite a while since I last published any of my pictures from our „RailTrailsRoadTrip“ in October last year. So I really need to continue. Here’s a picture of Eads Bridge. We passed underneath it on our 2-hour cruise of the waterfron to St. Louis.

Eads Bridge, St. Louis/MO

This picture has been edited, I must admit, both with ACDSee Ultimate 9 [for a light equalizer] and with easyHDR [for enhancement of details], but I think this brings out the fine metal structure very well, even if it does look a tad artificial.

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McKinley Bridge, St. Louis/MO – the bridge we also pedalled across:

McKinley Bridge, St. Louis/MO

For more information about that bridge check out „RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 7 [McKinley Bridge Bikeway]“ in my blog „Pit’s Fritztown News“.

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Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge, St. Louis/MO

Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge

For more information about our day in St. Louis check out „RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 8 [ St. Louis]“ in my blog „Pit’s Fritztown News“.

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As mentioned in my previous posting, the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge is quite unique as it has a dogleg [20-degree bend] right in the middle:

A Bridge with a Dogleg

The reason for this unique feature: the planners had to allow for

• a 90-degree angle for barges passing underneath, directly into or with the flow of the Mississippi, and
• putting the foundations on solid rock.

For more information about this bridge check out „RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 7 [ Old Chain of Rocks Bridge]“ in my blog „Pit’s Fritztown News„.

 

here: RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 7 [Madison County Transit Schoolhouse Trail],

The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, crossing the Mississippi above-river of St. Louis, linking Missouri and Illinois. In the olden days the famous Route 66 lead  over it, and today it’s part of the fantastic (bicycling-) trails in the vicinity of St. Louis:

Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, Missouri Side

For more about my day on the trails around St. Louis/MO and Collinsville/IL, and about these fantastic rail trails, check out  „RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 7“

• here: RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 7 [Madison County Transit Schoolhouse Trail],
• here: RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 7 [McKinley Bridge Bikeway],
• here: RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 7 [St. Louis Riverfront Trail (North)], and
• here: RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 7 [Old Chain of Rocks Bridge],

in my blog „Pit’s Fritztown News„.

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I liked the way the decaying railway ties of this „bridge“ looked:

Firewood and Scrap Steel?

For more about Hot Springs Creek Greenway check out my post „Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail“ on my blog „Pit’s Fritztown News“.

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I’m glad that the Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail doesn’t lead across THAT bridge! Well, there’s no longer any railway traffic either. Luckily!

What a Decrepit Bridge!

For more about Hot Springs Creek Greenway check out my post „Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail“ on my blog „Pit’s Fritztown News“.

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Another – this time quite colourful – bridge on the Old frisco Trail:

What a Colourful Bridge!

For more about the „Old Frisco „Trail“ check my post „RailTrailsRoadTrip – Day 2 [Old Frisco Trail, between Poteau/OK and Wister/OK]“ in my Blog „Pit’s Fritztown News„.