Highway 101 - the viaduct at Bridge's Creek

Posted by Stephen Phillips (San Francisco, United States) on 26 November 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

This view shows our roadway (upper right) above the South Fork of the Eel River. You sense being in the middle of nowhere through here. The nearest town is Piercy, California - which has a population of 193, is about eleven kilometers ( 7 miles) to the north, and is tucked in a little valley to the west of the highway.

( final image in series of six )

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Comments (17)

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

It's a beautiful panorama. It's a pity the series is ended, because here there is a great opportunity for many good pictures. Well done, in any case.

26 Nov 2008 5:04am

One from Açores, Portugal

A very good gallery that bears witness to the state and the great difficulty of this road, congratulations!

26 Nov 2008 5:04am

Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia

What an amazing place, a beautiful part of the world, thank you for sharing this awesome place with us, you have captured the beauty so well!

26 Nov 2008 5:41am

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

you should keep hold of these images to look back on again in years to come, very interesting

26 Nov 2008 6:37am

Anthony Lambert from Bielefeld, Germany

It´s been a great series,showing that mans will to explore and travel can overcome a lot of natural obstacles !!

26 Nov 2008 7:46am

yz from Budapest, Hungary

Very nice composition - I like the juxtaposition of the viaduct and the river bend.

26 Nov 2008 8:27am

Rui from Leiria, Portugal

Really impressive. We have to search the road to see it.
This kind of "road abandonment" takes to a bigger isolation of small towns, that were already small, and that will be forgotten in time...
Great series. And I agree with Alun, something to preserve to be shown in the years to come.

26 Nov 2008 10:08am

Marcie from United States

From the roadway - the views must be spectacular. Love your point-of-view..and how you've framed this.

26 Nov 2008 1:15pm

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

A visually beautiful wilderness, thanks for the view.

26 Nov 2008 4:20pm

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Say it isn't so...not the last one! this mountain collection is exquisite! Thanks for sharing :)

26 Nov 2008 4:33pm

@Lorraine: Thanks - my Canadian adventurer - just rolling on towards more...

MontereyJohn from Salinas, California, United States

Yep, Nowheresville! I love it up there. Need to make a trip soon.

26 Nov 2008 4:37pm

gbe from kansas city, United States

a great conclusion to a thoroughly enjoyable series. well done.

26 Nov 2008 4:38pm

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

A wonderful finale Stephen, the old road looks puny amidst those dense pine forests. I have a mountain road in my archive, I'll post it.

26 Nov 2008 5:16pm

@Observing: Bring it on, Mike. And thanks.

willow from Chelsea, United States

It really does feel like the middle of nowhere. My kind of place. Great series of this old road.

26 Nov 2008 8:18pm

JJ from Jersey City, United States

such a beautiful view, I have really enjoyed this series, wish there was more

27 Nov 2008 2:24am

@JJ: Thanks JJ - hopefully we're on to more adventures...

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

A fantastic view, I love all the variations of the colour green.

27 Nov 2008 4:43am

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

This series was really interesting !

28 Nov 2008 5:44pm

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