Bridges

On market days, a tax collector sat in a small cave at the end of this arched bridge.

This pedestrian footbridge honors Pero Jones, an enslaved African who lived in Bristol.

Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.

Raised high above the Cimarron River, this 1,268-foot rail bridge followed a half-century of trainwrecks, bridge collapses, and an abandoned town.

This Ottoman bridge is a rare covered bridge with shops, and considers itself the only bazaar bridge in the world.

The drawbridge used in the filming of the movie 'Annie' has been in the open position as it was in the movie for decades.

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

Though this bridge was originally built in the 12th century, only one of its 10 arches dates back that far.

The smallest and oldest covered bridge in Delaware.

The second oldest and longest of Delaware's three covered bridges.

The “bridge of return” is haunted by a myriad of legends, from ghosts to demons to nuptial superstitions.

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

This modernist bridge highlights the bear as a symbol of Madrid.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

The place where travelers of the Mohawk Trail forded the Deerfield River rather than pay the toll at the turnpike bridge.