Mary Bedy Photography

Zakim 5 High Contrast I love bridges. They usually have more character than some other architectural items like office towers. I think the imagination has gone out of a lot of the mid-century office building design up until today. A lot of them are pretty boring. Bridges, on the other hand, are usually pretty interesting visually. Blue Water Bridge     I live in Michigan, and we are all in love with our major bridge, the Mackinac bridge, that sill contains the longest span over water of any suspension bridge in the western hemisphere and 3rd in the world in that category. It’s listed as 24th for length overall because suspension bridges are measured generally between the towers. I also am really fond of the Zakim bridge in Boston near Logan airport. I try to take photos of it every time I fly into Boston. Since you can’t stop right on the bridge, I’ve gotten some interesting angles while trying to shoot quickly. It was completed in 2003 and is a cable-style bridge. I think, however, my

Port Huron, Michigan was incorporated as a city in 1857 after the removal of the native Ojibway population to Wisconsin and Minnesota during the Indian Removal act in 1836. The town grew rapidly due to the ship-building and lumber industries. The population in 1959 was 4,031. It became the county seat of Saint Clair County in 1871. In 2010 the population was 30,148. Fort Gratiot Light in Winter 5   The Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, shown here in winter, was built in 1829 and automated in 1933 and was the first lighthouse built in Michigan.   The Blue Water Bridge just north of downtown Port Huron and shown above links Michigan with Sarnia, Canada and the Saint Clair River runs south from Lake Huron to Lake Saint Clair and the Detroit River.  1920s Building Port Huron               Brass Rail Bar Port Huron 2 072918   Just north of town is a large public park with a view of the bridge. There is a small museum building next to the bridge dedicated to the area and Thomas Edison, the Thomas Edi