Nearby, in Rosendale, New York, there’s an old railroad trestle bridge that’s very picturesque – lots of rusty girders and half-hidden in plant growth, etc. It’s been partially repurposed into a pedestrian bridge too, which stretches over a local Hudson River tributary, so that’s pretty cool. I haven’t gone across the river to take photos from on top of the bridge yet, but I did get a few nice ones from underneath!
(Click on any of the images to see a larger version over at my gallery at Imagekind.)
I love how the plants are using it as a trellace, and the cut stone of the foundation is just fantastic. And who doesn’t love rusty girders and rivets – doing the ‘steampunk’ thing before steampunk was ‘in’ – heh. Oh, and I love the way the girders in the background of the fifth photo sort of look like they’re all over the place, in no particular or useful configuration (as well as the bright red leaves in the foreground, of course).