The Repeal of Gravity Blog: Cornish-Windsor Bridge (A New Photograph)

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Cornish-Windsor Bridge (A New Photograph)

I went out yesterday for a little bit of photography. Here's a photograph of the Cornish-Windsor Bridge. [I guess Vermonters call it the Windsor-Cornish Bridge, which actually has a nicer ring to my ear, but since I'm living in New Hampshire, I'll call it "Cornish-Windsor".]

What you see is the Connecticut River, not nearly frozen over, but covered with a lot of floating ice. The long horizontal thing is the bridge: the longest wooden bridge in the U.S. and the longest two-span covered bridge in the world. There's snow on the roof. In the background, I believe that's Mt. Ascutney (VT), but I could be wrong about that. I have no idea of what mountain it would be if it's not Ascutney, though.

Cornish-Windsor Bridge, Windsor-Cornish Bridge, covered bridge, New Hampshire, Vermont, Ascutney, Connecticut River, ice, snow, winter

Cornish-Windsor Bridge, Windsor-Cornish Bridge, covered bridge, New Hampshire, Vermont, Ascutney, Connecticut River, ice, snow, winter

As always, comments are welcomed and encouraged.

Labels: all, New Hampshire, P1, photography, water

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2 Comments:

Yep, it's Mt Ascutney! It has a road to near the top, from which there's an easy walk to the summit for an amazing view. I shot a panorama from a similar vantage as your photo, and used it for the graphic header of a website I originally designed: http://www.rvhra.org/

By Ted Jerome, at 2/23/2008 12:34 AM
Ted,

Thanks for the confirmation. The scene certainly looks very much different in the winter than it does during the warmer months! I keep meaning to ask you whether you have a web site where I can see your photography, and I keep forgetting to ask. Shame on me.

By Louis J. Cassorla, at 2/23/2008 8:16 PM