I was at Tulsa’s Gathering Place Monday evening for a presentation having to do with Monarch Butterflies. After the presentation I wandered over to the nearby Arkansas River to see what I could see.
The Williams Crossing pedestrian bridge was open and all lit up. Just using my old iphone I took a few photos. They are not too bad. This is a view from downstream of the bridge.
And the view from upstream. The lights reflect nicely on Zink Lake.
Across the way, on the downstream side, is Public Service Company of Oklahoma’s Tulsa Power Station. An ancient old plant that is still active. Long time ago I worked for the pipeline company that delivered natural gas to the plant. It was always the last plant to come on during high demand periods and the first to be turned off when electric requirements tailed off.
I went kayaking on the Arkansas River’s Zink Lake last fall and got this photo of the bridge and power plant together.
The Williams Crossing bridge replaced and old railroad bridge that got converted to pedestrian service back in the 1980’s I think. It was a pretty cool structure itself. Here is a photo from before it was demolished to make way for the new bridge.
I checked on construction on the new bridge pretty frequently. About once a week or every other week depending on the season. Like all construction it seemed to go slow.
I’d love to learn how to operate the machines.
I just love bridges. What can I say?
Linking with Skywatch Friday
…the third image is the winner for me!
I love bridges, but always have a steel tight grip the steering wheel while driving across. Wonderful pics!
Awesome photos of the Bridge ~ especially the night ones ~ Wow! ~ thanks,
an artist reflects
I love the night reflections
Cool design and looks amazing illuminated.
As you know, I love reflection shots on water. These are great!
Bridge and reflections great, Amazing clicks.
Beautiful reflective pictures.
Gorgeous reflections! Even the power plant looks pretty.
The night shots and water reflections are stunning!
I really like all the photos.
The different moods are well captured!
My contribution
Great collection of photos, the first three are my favorites.
Take care, Happy Friday! Have a great weekend.
Great pictures of the bridges, especially the ones with the reflections. I love bridges too. Have a great weekend!
I love britches and loved all of your bridge pictures. I also love walking across bridges. Some of them I have walked across. Include the Brooklyn Bridge, the bridge that separates Niagara Falls, New York from Niagara Falls, Canada, and the bridge from Ottawa Canada, that crosses into the province of Quebec. You get so many photo apps when you walk on these bridges
bridges are all so different depending on which country you are in. Most of them here were built in the 1950s
WOW!!! These are truly exquisite images of bridges. I share your love for bridges, too.
The reflection shot is amazing.
Your phone takes much better photos than mine! People keep asking if I am a pro, as I take my camera with me.
Beautiful!
Those night ones are incredible.