Old Seven Mile Bridge

slapshotslapshot Registered Users Posts: 104 Major grins
edited May 24, 2007 in Journeys
Every year I head down to Marathon, Florida to run the 7 Mile Bridge Run in April. This run commemorates the opening of the new 7 mile bridge connecting Marathon to the smaller keys leading to Key West. The original bridge was finished in 1912 as part of the Overseas Railroad. The new bridge was finished in 1982. The evening after the run this year, three friends and I stayed to fish for tarpon, which begin to migrate through the area this time of year. This picture of the old bridge was taken at sunset as we were anchored between the old and new bridge, drifting live baits back in the current, waiting for tarpon. The tarpon never came, but sunset did come, right on schedule.

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  • z_28z_28 Registered Users Posts: 956 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2007
    Very nice shot.
    I must go there someday too :)
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  • GinnyGinny Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    That is a great shot! I love that old bridge.

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    My wife and I fly to Miami every year for a Dolphins home game, then we head to Key West. I always have to make a bunch of stops for pictures.
  • z_28z_28 Registered Users Posts: 956 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    That's really nice shot !
    Maybe little to wide, but still nice.
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Beautiful Shot... thumb.gif
  • slapshotslapshot Registered Users Posts: 104 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    z_28 wrote:
    That's really nice shot !
    Maybe little to wide, but still nice.

    thank you

    the photo was taken with the 12-24 lens...this is a crop from the original, which is even wider

    I would like to go back some time and try the bridge from a few different angles and focal lengths to find the right way to capture it...with seven miles of it, there are certainly a lot of options!
  • slapshotslapshot Registered Users Posts: 104 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    ehughes wrote:
    Beautiful Shot... thumb.gif

    thanks!
  • StevenVStevenV Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    very nicely done.

    it's one of my favorite places to anchor too :D
  • slapshotslapshot Registered Users Posts: 104 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    StevenV wrote:
    very nicely done.

    it's one of my favorite places to anchor too :D

    now that's the way to go!
  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    I love to drive over this bridge, and i hate bridges ne_nau.gif Didn't you post this one a while back?? I think i've see it before.... headscratch.gif
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  • slapshotslapshot Registered Users Posts: 104 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    I love to drive over this bridge, and i hate bridges ne_nau.gif Didn't you post this one a while back?? I think i've see it before.... headscratch.gif

    yes, I had posted first in Journeys, then a couple days later in Whipping Post...or maybe the other way around

    no one had commented in about a month, and now it has been brought back to life :)
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