Bridges

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.