Just an (Extra)Ordinary Bridge

This week’s photo challenge is (Extra)Ordinary. So it’s the perfect moment for a reposting of some pictures of the bottom of the Mopac Bridge in Austin, Texas, USA.

I have a thing for the bottoms of bridges, and the Mopac Bridge is one of my favorites. Mopac is actually Highway 1, but in Austin we call it Mopac after the Missouri-Pacific Railroad that runs parallel to it for a while.

Where Mopac crosses Town Lake–which isn’t actually a lake, but a wider piece of the Colorado River–it has a separate pedestrian bridge underneath it. So when you walk on the pedestrian bridge, you look up at the bottom of the Mopac bridge.

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5 responses to “Just an (Extra)Ordinary Bridge”

Ruth | October 17, 2015 at 12:56 am | Reply

I look forward to following you. Thanks for the like on my puddle today.

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- Barbara Backer-Gray | October 17, 2015 at 1:08 pm | Reply
  
  Same here. I wish it rained more here in Texas. No way to take pictures like that! Any rain just gets soaked up immediately. Either that or you’re too busy being washed away in a flash flood!
  
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Audrey Driscoll | October 17, 2015 at 12:43 pm | Reply

Interesting bridge, and great photos!

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vagabondurges | October 22, 2015 at 9:41 pm | Reply

I like these! And if you’re ever in Portland, Oregon, make sure to check out their array of bridge goodness.

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- Barbara Backer-Gray | October 27, 2015 at 11:53 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks. I was in Portland years ago. Great town. But I wasn’t into the bottoms of bridges yet. I’ll check them out whenever I get a chance again.
  
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