Gerald_Gilligan
01-10-2010, 04:40 AM
Pohono Bridge Yosemite Valley
This image was made on December 8, 2009 at 1:39 pm.
5D MK II
f/16
1/4 sec
ISO 100
125 mm
70-200 2.8L IS
RAW
PP in Photoshop.
If you have ever visited the Valley then you have crossed this bridge...
I put the bridge on the second third for impact. All comments and critiques are welcome...
By the end of 1928 a system of hard-surfaced roads extended over the valley floor, necessitated by the increased travel due particularly to the opening of the All-Year Highway into the park.
A total of eight granite-faced, concrete arch bridges were constructed on the floor of Yosemite Valley between 1921 and 1933. All were of similar design, with variations in size and configuration. Built of reinforced concrete veneered with native granite, they each had either one or three arches with finely cut keystones.
One of The structures was the Pohono Bridge, crossing the Merced River at the beginning of the road to Valley. Designed by the senior highway bridge engineer of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads in collaboration with the Landscape Division of the Park Service to accommodate all classes of traffic and to harmonize with their natural surroundings, they had been endorsed by the National Commission of Fine Arts.
This image was made on December 8, 2009 at 1:39 pm.
5D MK II
f/16
1/4 sec
ISO 100
125 mm
70-200 2.8L IS
RAW
PP in Photoshop.
If you have ever visited the Valley then you have crossed this bridge...
I put the bridge on the second third for impact. All comments and critiques are welcome...
By the end of 1928 a system of hard-surfaced roads extended over the valley floor, necessitated by the increased travel due particularly to the opening of the All-Year Highway into the park.
A total of eight granite-faced, concrete arch bridges were constructed on the floor of Yosemite Valley between 1921 and 1933. All were of similar design, with variations in size and configuration. Built of reinforced concrete veneered with native granite, they each had either one or three arches with finely cut keystones.
One of The structures was the Pohono Bridge, crossing the Merced River at the beginning of the road to Valley. Designed by the senior highway bridge engineer of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads in collaboration with the Landscape Division of the Park Service to accommodate all classes of traffic and to harmonize with their natural surroundings, they had been endorsed by the National Commission of Fine Arts.