Humpback Bridge

[farlymac]

A tourist stop I made on my way back from Indiana this year.

Humpback Bridge East End[/url] by P F McFarland, on Flickr


See all the photos at https://flic.kr/s/aHskgxwg3u

PF

 

[daveleo]

Strange design indeed. The trusswork is pretty unusual (seen in your Flickr album). I thought the curved sides acted like an arch bridge but no they are just weather clapboards.
The older bridges in the US were designed "in isolation" because communication was so slow, so the local engineers just made up trusses that looked like they'd work okay.

 

[oftheherd]

Nice photo of an unusual bridge.

 

[farlymac]

Strange design indeed. The trusswork is pretty unusual (seen in your Flickr album). I thought the curved sides acted like an arch bridge but no they are just weather clapboards.
The older bridges in the US were designed "in isolation" because communication was so slow, so the local engineers just made up trusses that looked like they'd work okay.

The siding on wood bridges is very rarely there for structural integrity. It's just to keep the weather from the main beams.

PF

 

[farlymac]

Nice photo of an unusual bridge.

Thanks. I've been wanting to stop there for a long time.

PF