
Bridge From Below

by Britt Runyon
Title
Bridge From Below
Artist
Britt Runyon
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
A view from down below looking up at the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge 650 feet above the Rio Grande in Northern New Mexico. The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge of New Mexico, the second highest bridge on the U.S. Highway System, is a three-span steel continuous-deck-truss structure with a concrete-filled steel-grid deck. It was called the "bridge to nowhere" while it was being built because the funding did not exist to continue the road on the other side. In 1966 the American Institute of Steel Construction awarded the bridge "Most Beautiful Steel Bridge" in the "Long Span" category.
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March 3rd, 2016
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