Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth, NH by Helen Betts

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29-Sep-2019

Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth, NH

The World War I Memorial Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge that carries U.S. Route 1 across the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine. The current bridge was opened in 2013, replacing a bridge of similar design that existed from 1923 to 2012. A large overhead plaque carried over from the original reads "Memorial to the Sailors and Soldiers of New Hampshire who gave their lives in the World War 1917–1919." (Wikipedia)

I find any kind of drawbridge just fascinating.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Conroy Scenic Railroad, White Mountains, NH, posted earlier:

Sony RX10 IV
1/320s f/8.0 at 13.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Julie Oldfield		08-Oct-2019 00:33
Nice POV to capture it. V

janescottcumming		07-Oct-2019 21:52
An interesting bit of engineering. Excellent photo of it. V

Charlene Ambrose		07-Oct-2019 20:47
It's nice that they kept close to the original design. Sounds like an interesting area to explore.

Pieter Bos		07-Oct-2019 18:40
Great bridge, well captured, Helen. ~V

joseantonio		07-Oct-2019 18:33
a very interesting bridge nicely captured.V.

Nick Paoni		07-Oct-2019 18:13
I'm with you, I think draw bridges are cool. Would be fun to see this in operation.

globalgadabout		07-Oct-2019 18:01
an unexpected memorial...it seems a practical design though..

Isabel Cutler		07-Oct-2019 17:32
Beautiful capture. The RX10 iv is a great travel camera.

Jim Coffman		07-Oct-2019 17:23
That is a very interesting bridge! Nice capture...