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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 16, 2016 - 09:37am PT
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DMT, don't be a tool, where's that rock bridge?
And nice shot of the GG (I presume)?
How bout cool bridge views?
Big Hill and Big House...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 16, 2016 - 10:01am PT
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BTW, thought of you when I found this swing bridge in Strasbourg. It was just closing when we got to it! :-(
Where the wood meets the cobblestones...
The track...
"How old is it, Johnny?"
Dunno, but waaay over a hundred, by a good fiddy I'd say.
This one is certifiably ancienne...
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Sep 17, 2016 - 02:02am PT
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Sellwood bridge in Portland. They moved the old one over a weekend and built the new one in its old place while traffic moved over the old bridge.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 18, 2016 - 09:35am PT
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Especially those noisy Fatcrackistanians!!!!!!!!!!!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 27, 2016 - 06:56pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Troll-hunting under Hwy 99 on Bear Creek.
Nearly the end of irrigation season and our local waterway is still filled with water coming out of Yosemite via the Merced River.
The place was quiet and peaceful and shady and out of the wind: a fine resting stop on my bike ride out to the cable office to pay a bill.
I've been here several times, but not at this time of day, when the dragonflies were only present for brief moments as the wind made them its toys.
There are just a few swallows nests under this bridge. Must be the noise of traffic and the shaking of semis bound north.
I did not explore under the southbound lane bridge: there were occupants. None over on this side, though, as there is now a wire mesh under the south bank to prevent squatters from taking up residence.
It appeared to be effective, somewhat, but there are still "artifacts" like a folding lounge chair and other items left by people holing up for a spell of homeless, outdoorsy camping. The folks squatting under the southbound lane bridge are using the mesh fence to hang laundry. Adds to the Mediterranean charm of the place, I thought of back streets in Napoli, for example, or the old Camp 4 where I spent part of my misspent youth.
Really, there's not much that is romantic down there. I kept hoping that a troll would appear, maybe even a genie named donini. Lord knows there were bottles lying around here and there, a few in one piece.
It's incredible that salmon have been known to migrate up this creek, though I haven't heard of them doing so since the '80s. There are maybe a few, but very few. The Merced River to the north is the main salmon stream in the area.
I spent about an hour, maybe, down there. Much of the time I was finding it difficult to move around, as I had to watch my every step or maybe find myself in the water. The embankment is shelved, using concrete bags laid on one another and wet down and left to harden. Pretty efficient, as the concrete was produced locally from quarried rock from the Merced river canyon back in 1940. It has withstood several large floods which sent the creek's level to the underside of the bridge, nearly washing onto the highway and then into town.
Sorry, I didn't take any pictures.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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California 1 crosses Pico Creek in San Simeon.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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It's a bridge, ain't it? Really good for letting the solicitors know yer not interested.
And, no, it weren't a Monty Python curtain call.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Looks pretty cool in that mall, y'all.
I was trolling when I said I hadn't any pix.
So ban me.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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I agree. You have to man up to do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIfcKy-VcXo
The truth is that I have too many pix. I had to choose JUST THE RIGHT ONES.
The left ones were not that obvious.
I hate quandaries. Trolls are A-OK, though.
Hey, DMT, if you took all the bridges on this thread and strung them together end to end, where would they reach? Starting in Sacramento, of course.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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the far side, or maybe mas alla
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 13, 2016 - 07:50pm PT
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I've never seen a bridge doing The Wave until now.^^^^
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Oct 14, 2016 - 11:39am PT
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Oct 16, 2016 - 05:34am PT
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From Outsideonline:
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 16, 2016 - 05:36am PT
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ , VERY COOL BRIDGE, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ .
Cool
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 20, 2016 - 09:00am PT
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Why is it considered passé not to tell us where things are? Is that tribal elitism?
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Oct 20, 2016 - 09:13am PT
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welcome to the commoditization of quaint. tab hunter's double may have crossed here.
edit: sorry, mistaken about the star of route 66.
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