The New Bedford - Fairhaven Swing Bridge
Good morning and have a good day
for today I will share a few photos of the swing Bridge that is between New Bedoford and Fairhaven that was opened into service in 1900, and there is a plan to replace it with a Vertical lift Bridge with towers 190feet high, but for this post I will talk about it as it stands now
Sony A7iv 17mm F11 30 Sec ISO 100
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Somehting about the bridge from source
The New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge is a swing truss bridge
The bridge is actually one of three bridges crossing the Acushnet River between the two communities. The entire four lane stretch carries U.S. Route 6 between the two communities. A short, 500-foot-long (150 m) span crosses between the mainland of New Bedford just west of McArthur Drive to Fish Island, the smaller western island in the river. From there, after a 0.1-mile (0.16 km) stretch of highway connects the two spans, the main New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge crosses from Fish Island to Pope's Island. This span includes the main span (see below). Once on Pope's Island, another 0.4-mile (0.64 km) stretch of highway connects to the third and longest span, a low, 0.2-mile (0.32 km) trestle bridge between Pope's Island and the town of Fairhaven, with the town line falling on the bridge. The entire stretch is just over 1 mile (1.6 km) between the two shores.
While many maps include all three spans as one "New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge", only the middle span between the two is the actual bridge. This span, which was built between 1897 and 1899, is the one which includes the 283.2-foot-long (86.3 m) swing truss across the main channel into the northern half of the harbor. The entire bridge, approaches included, is approximately 0.2 miles (0.32 km) long, with the swing span being mostly west of the center of the bridge. The bridge still opens on a regular basis, with daily openings to allow the fishing fleet in and out of the inner harbor
The ghostly like figure is a worker who had asked me to move furthe roff the bridge as it was about t open, with a long exposure and her moving this is the effect
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the long exposure when the bridge can give a funky effect most i didnt like, but this one appealed to me
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Before the bridge was about to open, the barriers already down
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and the bridge closed for traffic and open for boats to head out
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And that’s all folks
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