“Praise
the bridge that carried you over.”
~ George Colman
~
1762-1836
A
car begins to cross the Glendon Hill Road River Bridge, Easton, Pennsylvania,
which carries it over the Lehigh River on a bright and beautiful late spring afternoon
that feels like a bridge to summer in this high contrast monochrome shot I
captured in early June.
Built
circa 1935 and rehabilitated in 2012, this three-span, 357 foot long, riveted
steel Pratt through truss bridge carries one lane of traffic and a sidewalk
over the Lehigh River and is one of the entrances to Hugh Moore Park, site of a
trailhead of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L
Trail.)
Hugh Moore Park is a City of Easton park, located between
the Lehigh River and the Lehigh Canal. The park was once home to the first
industrial park in the United States and is now home to the National Canal
Museum, Josiah White II canal boat, and Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage
Corridor offices.
Running
from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and
Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.
Glendon
was originally formed as a part of Williams Township, and was incorporated as a
borough December 18, 1867.
