Category: Bridges

The Comstock Bridge – East Hampton CT

Cheryl and I visited The Comstock Bridge, which spans the Salmon River. It is located in East Hampton CT just off of Rt. 16 on Comstock Bridge Rd.  Built in 1840 the bridge has undergone a number of updates. As you view the interior picture you get a sense of […]

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The Portland Bridge, Portland CT

To us locals it’s known as the Portland Bridge as it connects Middletown to Portland CT.  However, its official name is the Arrigoni Bridge.  This image was taken in Cromwell on the river bank of the Connecticut River. In the background is Middletown. Only about 1/3 of the bridge was […]

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Olson’s Bridge in Deep River CT

While “barn hunting” in Deep River CT the Olson’s covered bridge (private property) presented a beautiful site on manicured acres of property.  A nice winding road led up to the bridge allowing access to the other side of a small creek which fed into a pond.  As this was private […]

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Hop River State Park Trail Bridge, Andover CT

In 2012 this beautiful foot bridge was installed to complete a major gap in the rails to trails walkway which runs from Manchester to Willimantic through Hop River State Park spanning Rt. 316 below. Before the bridge was in place most folks were forced to stop and turn around as […]

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Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge, Simsbury CT

  Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge 1 Old Bridge Rd. Simsbury, CT 06070 Cheryl and I were driving all over Simsbury CT one beautiful Saturday afternoon checking off our list of “must have” shots. We were focusing on old barns and didn’t have this shot on our list. It was […]

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Newport Rhode Island

Cheryl and I traveled to Newport Rhode Island in the summer of 2017.  We took hundreds of images.  These are a couple of those. Camera’s used were Sony Nex 7 and Nikon D7100.

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Bridge of Flowers – Shelburne Falls, MA

Bridge of Flowers is a tourist attraction in Western MA which connects the towns of Shelburne Falls (pop. 1700) with Buckland (pop. 1900) while spanning the Deerfield River. It was originally built in 1908 as a trolley line to transport people and goods to the mills (7) miles away.  It does carry […]

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Covered Bridge – Comstock, CT

All photo’s taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone camera. The Comstock Bridge, in East Hampton, CT, was built in 1840 over the Salmon River.  In 1976 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.  This seems to be a frequented location with fly fisherman and certainly […]

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