Fotoeins Friday: Above the world’s longest floating bridge (Seattle)
16 March 2017.
After a few weeks in Germany, I’m returning to Vancouver via Seattle. The short aerial hop with Alaska Airlines has just departed Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the plane has made the turn towards the Canadian-American border. Pressing first my nose and then my camera against the plexiglass, familiar sights greet me on the northbound flight.
Opened to traffic in 2016, the new Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (or “520 bridge”) over Lake Washington is a floating pontoon bridge for Washington State highway 520 connecting Seattle Montlake in the west with Medina and Bellevue to the east. At a length of 2350 metres (7710 feet), the span is the longest floating bridge in the world. In the aerial view shown above, the scene faces east along the bridge to Medina and towards the illuminated office towers in downtown Bellevue (upper right). At bottom left and right are the Seattle neighbourhoods of Laurelhurst and Madison Park, respectively.
I made the photo on 16 March 2017 with a Canon 6D, 24-105 L zoom, and the following settings: 1/320-sec, f/16, ISO1000, and 55mm focal length. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie on fotoeins.com as http://wp.me/p1BIdT-9Ux.
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4 Responses to “Fotoeins Friday: Above the world’s longest floating bridge (Seattle)”
Wow, I didn’t know that, although I have been to Seattle so many times.
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Hi, Cornelia. By proximity, I’ve always known about the bridge, but I didn’t know about the true scale of its construction. Flying overhead was a (photographic) reminder for me to look into the bridge. I don’t even know if it is even possible to walk across the bridge; wouldn’t that be something to stand in the middle of Lake Washington? Thank you for your comment!
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Oh yes, that what I would imagine walking over this bridge. Thank you for your kind response, wishing you a great weekend.
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