Bridges
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