Travis Butler
Well-Known Member
Last year, on one of my periodic drives back from Wichita, I found an abandoned bridge/causeway that was a pretty cool spot to take pictures; unfortunately, the light was pretty harsh. Finally had a chance to re-visit a couple of weeks ago. Lighting was somewhat better; still harsh, but any later and the shadows might have gotten too deep.

20240929-SDIM2779 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
(Sigma fp, Konica Hexanon 40/1.8 on all pics)

20240929-SDIM2780 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2789 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2790 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
(This is just a secondary bridge over a shore road... further on down, there was a bridge that actually went over a branch of the lake, but that's gone now.)

20240929-SDIM2796 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
The bridge structure's mostly intact, but there are spots...

20240929-SDIM2797 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2807 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2808 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Another bit of structural damage.

20240929-SDIM2813 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2814 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Take a look at the posts to the left of the remaining roadbed; those were the guardrail supports and mark where the edge of the road used to be.

20240929-SDIM2830 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2834 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Here's where it's really obvious this was a causeway!

20240929-SDIM2839 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
This was about as far as I could get without clambering around some very uncertain-looking footing. The tree's hiding the area where the main bridge ended, but you can see the water on either side. Time to turn back around!

20240929-SDIM2842 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Not a spectacular picture, but very notable compared to what it was like last year:

20231102-SDIM7866 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2844 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2847 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2851 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
The Colorado flag intrigues me; why would someone put it on an abandoned bridge out in the middle of nowhere?

20240929-SDIM2853 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Last stretch back to where I parked.

20240929-SDIM2779 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
(Sigma fp, Konica Hexanon 40/1.8 on all pics)

20240929-SDIM2780 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2789 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2790 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
(This is just a secondary bridge over a shore road... further on down, there was a bridge that actually went over a branch of the lake, but that's gone now.)

20240929-SDIM2796 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
The bridge structure's mostly intact, but there are spots...

20240929-SDIM2797 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2807 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2808 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Another bit of structural damage.

20240929-SDIM2813 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2814 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Take a look at the posts to the left of the remaining roadbed; those were the guardrail supports and mark where the edge of the road used to be.

20240929-SDIM2830 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2834 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Here's where it's really obvious this was a causeway!

20240929-SDIM2839 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
This was about as far as I could get without clambering around some very uncertain-looking footing. The tree's hiding the area where the main bridge ended, but you can see the water on either side. Time to turn back around!

20240929-SDIM2842 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Not a spectacular picture, but very notable compared to what it was like last year:

20231102-SDIM7866 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2844 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2847 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240929-SDIM2851 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
The Colorado flag intrigues me; why would someone put it on an abandoned bridge out in the middle of nowhere?

20240929-SDIM2853 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Last stretch back to where I parked.