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I was getting towards the end of the roll, and wanted to get one more subject before the skies cut loose. The Westport Covered Bridge always makes a good appearance since its restoration. And this is one of the few remaining that you can actually drive on. It’s on an older section of road that was bypassed when a new curve was put in, mainly to be able to put in a two-lane bridge, and preserve this one for the future, so it doesn’t see a lot of traffic.

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Westport, IN Covered Bridge by br1078phot, on Flickr


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Westport, IN Covered Bridge by br1078phot, on Flickr

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Nice, PF. I'd forgotten Indiana had covered bridges (I lived there when I was a youngin'). That one's far more elaborate than the ones we have here locally.


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It's one of the more elaborate ones I know of, Scott. I suspect that a little embellishment was used during the restoration, though. I'll have to find my old photos of it.

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Now, about Madison County...........


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Madison County. Meh, my Hoosier pride coming through ;) they only have 6. Parke Co. has 31, all but 10 still open to traffic. Great shots of home PF, makes me wanna go for a drive.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parke_Co ... ed_Bridges" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


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Hoosier Rich wrote:Madison County. Meh, my Hoosier pride coming through ;) they only have 6. Parke Co. has 31, all but 10 still open to traffic. Great shots of home PF, makes me wanna go for a drive.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parke_Co ... ed_Bridges" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Rich, from Greensburg you take SR-3 south to Westport, and then a left (East) on CR-1100S. There are signs that point the way to the bridge.

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I will see if I can find it one of these days. Thanks!


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Very nice bridge. On my laptop screen the sky appears very white, a problem I have created on B&W film for myself more than once. I assume you were shooting without a filter...?


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Phil,

I meant to ask you last month, have you explored the covered bridges off of US-11 around Mount Jackson and Woodstock, VA? The Biedler bridge, ca. 1888 is in Rockingham County. The other is a bit further north around Mount Jackson. Both appear under "Shenandoah Valley" in this website:
http://www.virginia.org/coveredbridges/

Another Shenandoah Valley event I miss attending is the Battle of Cedar Creek re-enactment, which is also on US-11 near Middletown. This year, it is Oct 18-19.

Autumn in Virginia is usually very nice, I miss it a bit.

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Tom Hildreth wrote:Very nice bridge. On my laptop screen the sky appears very white, a problem I have created on B&W film for myself more than once. I assume you were shooting without a filter...?
Nope. Had an orange one on the lens, Tom. It was about to rain, so the sky is all cloudy. Can't do much with that.

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