Friday, October 21, 2022

Longest West Of The Mississipp'

Testing 123...does a Pixel 360 image work when posted on TSG? (editor's note: apparently not, but this link to google photos should bring up the "maneuverable" image. Click on the image and give it a few seconds to fully load)
 
 Here we (or at least our feet) are on Knight's Ferry Bridge. This iteration was completed in 1863 after the original was washed out by the great flood of '62. At 378 feet long, it's the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi and second longest in the USA. 
 
Fun fact: this spot is approximately 85 river miles downstream from the gorge featured in Wednesday's post
 



1 comment:

Parm said...

The 360 view thing worked via the link. I guess it's for walking (biking?) only these days, but perhaps in previous years people took horse drawn or horse powered thingies across?

Speaking of covered bridges, a short covered bridge in Long Grove IL, near where we used to live, seems to be setting a record for folks driving (attempting to drive) too-tall vehicles therethrough and experiencing abrupt halts.