A Bridge To Nowhere

Camera: Pentax Spotmatic. Prince of Wales Bridge, Ottawa.

The Prince of Wales Bridge crosses from Ottawa to Gatineau, and was active as a rail link until sometime in the 80s. The City of Ottawa owns the bridge and rail line now, and local activists have been pushing to use it for light rail across the river. In the interim, it has become a haven for all sorts of interesting graffiti and artwork.

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Comments

Drunken Kisses [deleted] says:

Now this is my idea of what a bridge photo should look like... Nicely taken..I love the angle you shot it from.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Musical Mint says:

Hey, that's a very cool shot. I like the perspective.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Routavelo says:

Interesting photo.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

tviolette says:

I love the vanishing point! Very cool!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Georgie_grrl says:

Fabulous!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

NO AIR. says:

this is one of my favourite place.s.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

PEANUT_BUTTER_SANDWITCH_BIOTCH says:

this bridge goes to beer :>
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter Ellis says:

Great shot !! I used to walk under this bridge many times on noon hours when I worked for E. B. Edddy Forest Products on Booth Street between 1971 and 1990.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

forkimified says:

hah. there should be a group just for shots of this bridge from this angle. I'm sure there're enough of them
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

DelMarVa Model Railroad Club says:

Cool picture. Do you know witch railroad owned it before it was abandoned?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

spotmaticfanatic says:

It was owned by CP until a few years ago, when the City of Ottawa bought it, along with the CP Ellwood sub. Apparently they bought the bridge for the price of scrap.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

doyoubleedlikeme says:

It reminds me very much of the opening scenes of Twin peaks, with whichever girl is was stumbling back across it-great shot
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

miliquin says:

Righ now they've added 'no trespassing' signs to it, which is quite annoying if you want to take a picture. What's the danger, you'll get run over by a train?

And it's not completely abandoned: Vidéotron's fiber optic trunk to downtown ottawa runs on its east side.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Ale06 says:

Great picture.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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