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The "Floating Bridge" or Queen Emma Bridge which is basically a wooden road supported on rather large rowing boats. When a vessel wishes to pass the bridge / road is swung out of the way by what appears to be a large outboard motor attached to the far boat / pontoon. You can stand on it as it turns and there are no barriers to stop you falling off. Its a great sight.
The floating bridge at Martham Ferry swinging into its open position after being raised
Taken on 27/06/2021 at 13:53:01Hrs using a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ1000 camera,
Cowes in the evening light. Taken from the 'floating bridge' while waiting to get the car ferry back to the mainland. Amazing light.
This is "The Floating Bridge" or the "Queen Emma Bridge" and is basically a wooden road laid across a series of large rowing boats. When a vessel like this yacht or one the size of our cruise ship needs to get passed it is swung open by what appears to be a giant outboard motor mounted to the rear of the yellow cabin. Simple but it works and as you see you can stand on it whilst it moves, no safety barrier or gate or Health and Safety just common sense.
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Lonely in Dreams
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
So much is waiting for love
Anything that might be true
Feelings like clouds far above
Always from outside to you
You are the day inside out
With every feeling to give
So much there inside about
For every aspect to revive
To and fro on the rowing sea
In its autumn song
Wings of whisper always free
With its dreams to long
Yesterdays was bright in hills
With its summer blue
Now it's in reddish stills
With winter coming through
Dreams that we thought broken
Afar and a stray for awhile
Words that were never spoken
Surrounding thoughts beguile
Love was so easy to be there
Only in its proceedings afar
Like the dark night everywhere
Lonely in dreams of a star
Port Moody, BC Canada
Sasamat Lake is located within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
This is one of the warmest lakes in Metro Vancouver ! There is a nice easy trail around the lake, with minimal elevation gain. This place can get very crowded in the summer because it has two great sandy beaches (White Pine Beach). There is a very sturdy floating bridge across the lane with two wharves for fishing or jumping off. The lake has an area of about 45 ha (111 acres) and a perimeter of 3.2 kms.
Image best viewed in Large screen. Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are much appreciated! ~Sonja
Port Moody, BC Canada
Sasamat Lake is located within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
This is one of the warmest lakes in Metro Vancouver ! There is a nice easy trail around the lake, with minimal elevation gain. This place can get very crowded in the summer because it has two great sandy beaches (White Pine Beach). There is a very sturdy floating bridge across the lane with two wharves for fishing or jumping off. The lake has an area of about 45 ha (111 acres) and a perimeter of 3.2 kms.
Image best viewed in Large screen. Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are much appreciated! ~Sonja
It was a fun day shooting down on the I-90 floating bridge. It isn't often you get to walk out on the roadway and get a great POV of the US Navy Blue Angels practice for Seafair 2016. I noticed a lot more birds around than years past. Normally they scatter but this year it is as if they were there to watch as well and maybe steal the show.
The Dutch-colonial buildings along Handelskade are some of the most photographed buildings in the Caribbean. And once you've been there to see them, you understand why. With their gables to the street and the bright colors, they are a photographer's dream. Plus, because they face St. Anna Bay, the view toward them is unobstructed.
The floating Queen Emma Bridge crossing the bay can be seen. It was built in 1888 and was recently restored.
The bridge connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the city.
The pontoon bridge is supported by 16 pontoon boats. The bridge is hinged and opens regularly to allow passage of oceangoing vessels. When opening, the bridge swings to the Otrobanda side.
Locally, the bridge is known as 'Swinging Old Lady'.
The photo was taken from Fort Amsterdam. The fort was built in 1635 by the Dutch West India Company to protect Willemstad harbor.
The Dutch-colonial buildings along Handelskade are some of the most photographed buildings in the Caribbean. And once you've been there to see them, you understand why. With their gables to the street and the bright colors, they are a photographer's dream. Plus, because they face St. Anna Bay, the view toward them is unobstructed.
The floating Queen Emma Bridge crossing the bay can be seen. It was built in 1888 and was recently restored.
The bridge connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the city.
The pontoon bridge is supported by 16 pontoon boats. The bridge is hinged and opens regularly to allow passage of oceangoing vessels. When opening, the bridge swings to the Otrobanda side.
Locally, the bridge is known as 'Swinging Old Lady'.
The photo was taken from Fort Amsterdam. The fort was built in 1635 by the Dutch West India Company to protect Willemstad harbor. A portion of the fort can be seen to the left.
View from Raushskaya embankment of Moskva-Reka (Moscow River) on the pier of Zaryadye Park at Moskvoretskaya Embankment and floating bridge over the river festively decorated for winter holidays with garlands and light installations in the background of the most famous Moscow landmark, St. Basil’s Cathedral, at the first night of New 2019 Year.
Source: goo.gl/yVEihZ
Photo #080 taken on January 01, 2019
©2019 www.Moscow-Driver.com by Arthur Lookyanov
Taken on 27/06/2021 at 12:45:31Hrs using a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ1000 camera,
Electric Day Hire Boat at Martham Ferry Boatyard an independent run day boat hire company and electric boat builders. Situated in one of the quietest and most beautiful parts of the Norfolk Broads National Park. Took about one hour quiet motor to Horsey Wind Pump and then on to Wroxham & back to the boatyard about three and a half hour round trip
Port Moody, BC Canada
Sasamat Lake is located within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
This is one of the warmest lakes in Metro Vancouver ! There is a nice easy trail around the lake, with minimal elevation gain. This place can get very crowded in the summer because it has two great sandy beaches (White Pine Beach). There is a very sturdy floating bridge across the lane with two wharves for fishing or jumping off. The lake has an area of about 45 ha (111 acres) and a perimeter of 3.2 kms.
Image best viewed in Large screen. Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are much appreciated! ~Sonja
The floating bridge at Martham Ferry
Taken on 27/06/2021 at 13:48:51Hrs using a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ1000 camera,
The only access onto Heigham Holmes, an isolated marsh since 1987 owned by the National Trust, is via a floating bridge over the River Thurne. An operator, pumps water out of the bridge's tanks until it floats. It is then swung to the side permitting river traffic to pass freely.
The whole operation from open to open or closed to closed takes around ten minutes. The Bridge is unique and was made by a Norwich company at a cost of £750,000.
Before the first pontoon bridge was constructed in the 19th century, the river had to be crossed by boat.
Heigham Holmes is a national nature reserve located in the Norfolk Broads. The reserve is, in effect, an island, being surrounded by the river channels, drainage ditches and wetland areas of the Broads.
With an aerial shot taken of the Canal de l'Ourcq it shows the open and clear canal along with the floating bridge known as Pont Flottant to the left hand side.
To see more go to www.eutouring.com/images_canal_de_l_ourcq.html
Aerial photograph while in final approach to the Seattle airport.
The Interstate 90 floating bridge is the common name for the twin floating bridges that carry Interstate 90 across Lake Washington between Seattle and Mercer Island. They are the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, which carries the highway's eastbound traffic (the second longest floating bridge in the world); and the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge, which carries the highway's westbound traffic and reversible-direction express lanes and is the fifth longest floating bridge in the world.
Source: Wikipedia
The Queen Emma Bridge crosses St. Anna Bay in Willemstad, the capital of the Caribbean island of Curaçao. It was built in 1888 and was recently restored.
The bridge connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the city.
The pontoon bridge is supported by 16 pontoon boats. The bridge is hinged and opens regularly to allow passage of oceangoing vessels. When opening, the bridge swings to the Otrobanda side.
Locally, the bridge is known as 'Swinging Old Lady'.
The bridge is open and is up against the Otrobanda side of St. Anna Bay.
Port Moody, BC Canada
Belcarra Regional Park is a 1,100-hectare regional park located in metropolitan Vancouver. It is northeast of the meeting of Burrard Inlet with Indian Arm, beginning near Belcarra Bay and extending to Sasamat Lake.
Sasamat is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver, is located in Belcarra Regional Park, and is the home to Sasamat Outdoor Centre.
The park is northwest of the Village of Anmore and to the southwest of Buntzen Lake.
sasamat.org/Where_What_is_Belcarra_Regional_Park_.html
Sasamat Lake is located within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
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View from Bolshoi Ustinsky Bridge on the Moskvoretskaya Embankment of Moskva River, Zaryadye Park, St. Basil’s Cathedral and Architectural ensemble of Moscow Kremlin in morning twilight during the current winter holidays. New year illumination of the street lights, floating bridge over the river and Raushskaya embankment at the left reflect the really festive atmosphere 24 hours a day all around the city during the magic and beloved by all Russians holidays.
Source: goo.gl/Jb6WTp
Photo #110 taken on January 05, 2019
©2019 www.Moscow-Driver.com by Arthur Lookyanov
The Queen Emma Bridge crosses St. Anna Bay in Willemstad, the capital of the Caribbean island of Curaçao. It was built in 1888 and was recently restored.
The bridge connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the city.
The pontoon bridge is supported by 16 pontoon boats. The bridge is hinged and opens regularly to allow passage of oceangoing vessels. When opening, the bridge swings to the Otrobanda side.
Locally, the bridge is known as 'Swinging Old Lady'.
The bridge is open and is up against the Otrobanda side of St. Anna Bay.
Looking down the open bridge.
The Queen Emma Bridge crosses St. Anna Bay in Willemstad, the capital of the Caribbean island of Curaçao. It was built in 1888 and was recently restored.
The bridge connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the city.
The pontoon bridge is supported by 16 pontoon boats. The bridge is hinged and opens regularly to allow passage of oceangoing vessels. When opening, the bridge swings to the Otrobanda side.
Locally, the bridge is known as 'Swinging Old Lady'.
The bridge is open and is up against the Otrobanda side of St. Anna Bay.
The Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge—Evergreen Point (formerly the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, and commonly called the SR 520 Bridge or 520 Bridge) is the longest floating bridge on Earth at 2,310 meters (7,580 ft) (floating section) and carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington from Seattle to Medina in the U.S. state of Washington. The bridge's total length is approximately 4,750 meters (15,580 ft).
ChallengeGroup - Bridge - 2021-01-16
Port Moody, BC Canada
Sasamat Lake is located within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
Image best viewed in Large screen.
Thank-you for your visit!
I really appreciate it!
Sonja :)
The Dutch-colonial buildings along Handelskade are some of the most photographed buildings in the Caribbean. And once you've been there to see them, you understand why. With their gables to the street and the bright colors, they are a photographer's dream. Plus, because they face St. Anna Bay, the view toward them is unobstructed.
The floating Queen Emma Bridge crossing the bay can be seen. It was built in 1888 and was recently restored.
The bridge connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the city.
The pontoon bridge is supported by 16 pontoon boats. The bridge is hinged and opens regularly to allow passage of oceangoing vessels. When opening, the bridge swings to the Otrobanda side.
Locally, the bridge is known as 'Swinging Old Lady'.
Sunrise before the weekend of the Grand Opening ceremonies to honor the transition from the old to the new 520 bridge. It is also a world breaking record for the longest floating bridge.
Taken at Latitude/Longitude:21.048348/102.440200. 0.26 km North-East Ban Sôpkai Phôngsali Laos (Map link)
A photograph of the Hood Canal Bridge - seen from the North at Salsbury Point Park.
The bridge is the longest saltwater floating bridge in the world.
Photograph: Shot in multiple exposures. Post-processed in Aperture, Blended in HDR Efex Pro (HDR), edited with Silver Efex Pro2.
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