Inspiring Photo: Under Tarentum Bridge #10333018

Under Tarentum Bridge

Uploaded: June 20, 2010 07:15:07

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

Hand held
Tarentum, PA

only tweaked saturation in PSE7

(Elements of Design 6/20/2010) FINALIST

Exif: F Number: 4.4, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/1600 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 125, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 27.97 mm, Model: SP590UZ

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Nancyj E. Hovey June 20, 2010

Opened 18 Feb 1952. Originally a toll bridge: cars, 10 cents; trucks, 25 cents. Toll booth was located on the Westmoreland County side. Tolls were removed in 1961 as the last state-maintained toll bridge.

Before the bridge was built, the nearest crossings were at Freeport (Garvers Ferry Bridge) and New Kensington (Ninth Street Bridge).

Originally named the Tarentum-Valley Heights Bridge. In the 1960s, the New Kensington-Tarentum Bridge. Officially renamed on 1 June 1973, George D. Stuart Bridge to honor the former editor of the Valley News Dispatch newspaper and three-term State House member. Rep. Stuart pushed for the $4.5 million to build the structure.

Ramps in Tarentum replaced the Ross St Viaduct, both in location and in function. The viaduct, closed in 1949, was built in 1903 to allow trolley and motor vehicle to cross the Pennsylvania Railroad between Third St and Sixth St.

The PRR tracks mark the route of the Pennsylvania Canal which crosses Lock St north of the Tarentum Bridge.
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Tammy M. Anderson June 20, 2010

Fantastic lines, colors and pov, Nancy. #8706483

Laura E. Swan June 20, 2010

Wonderful EOD! Love these lines and framing. Great eye for this one, Mumj!

-Laura :)

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Nancyj E. Hovey June 20, 2010

Sabrina
Tammy
Laura

THANK YOU all. Didn't have much time in PA to take photos, but couldn't resist this one.... 8o) #8706712

Ellen Hodges June 20, 2010

Gorgeous pov and color, Nancy!!!! #8706807

Nancyj E. Hovey June 20, 2010

Thank you Ellen!!! 8o) #8706908

Gina Cormier June 20, 2010

Excellent capture and image #8707023

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna June 20, 2010

Magnificent shot, Nancy! Cool colors and POV! :-) k #8707419

Ivan Chacon June 21, 2010

Nice , love bridges! Great capture Nancy! :) #8708235

Nancyj E. Hovey June 21, 2010

Gina
Kitty
Ivan

THANK you all for your wonderful comments! Have a wonderful day! 8o) #8708241

JO ANN CLEVELAND June 22, 2010

Gret eod Nancyj! Love the colors too...

jo ann c. #8710883

Nancyj E. Hovey June 22, 2010

Hi JoAnn, thank you so much...this was a difficult capture for me, and a first! 8o) #8711221

Patrick Rouzes June 22, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS on this superb & well-deserved EP, Nancyj! Certainly a fantastic image for the first! Hope you have a great day! #8711253

Nancyj E. Hovey June 22, 2010

Thank you Patrick...
We just don't have a bridge like those in Pittsburgh, down here in FL! 8o) Glad you like this! 8o) #8711254

Rona L. Schwarz June 30, 2010

Great capture of this bridge, Nancy! Wonderful colors, lines, and patterns! #8726724

Nancyj E. Hovey July 01, 2010

Hey Rona, a huge THANK YOU! 8o) #8728898

Laura E. Swan July 04, 2010

Huge Congrats on this beautiful EFP'd Image!

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Nancyj E. Hovey July 04, 2010

Thank you Tink,er, Laura! 8o) #8734792

Laura E. Swan July 04, 2010

:) !!! #8734823

Aimee S. McMaster July 12, 2010

....how cool Nancy...congratulations... #8751479

Bojan Bencic July 12, 2010

Congratulations on your finalist, Nancy. #8751505

Tammy Espino July 12, 2010

Congrats on your awesome finalist :) #8751606

Gina Cormier July 12, 2010

Congrats on this fab finalist!!! #8751856

Marilyn Cornwell July 12, 2010

Congratulations, Nancy, on an awesome image!!! #8751897

Karen Bacon July 12, 2010

Congratulations on this great finalist,Nancy! #8751922

Tamara K. Walker July 12, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS! #8752146

Melissa G. Meiselman July 12, 2010

HEY!!! Congratulations, Nancy on this outstanding finalist!! WTG! #8752176

Kathleen Brennan July 12, 2010

Congratulations on this great finalist! #8752351

Michelle Alton July 12, 2010

Did not SEE this before, Nancy...and it's certainly not a flower, but it's a gem to be SURE! Congratulations! #8752385

Susan Fox July 12, 2010

Congratulations Nancy! #8752416

Laura E. Swan July 12, 2010

WOW! How FUN Mumj!!! Huge

on this wonderful EOD Finalist!

-Lalelulem #8752518

Lorna Shutter July 12, 2010

Awesome work, Nancyj!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award for this fabulous image!!!!! Good luck in the next round, my friend! :)

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Renata Gusciora July 12, 2010

Big congratulations on your fantastic finalist,Nancyj!!!:-) #8753306

Jean-Pierre Ducondi July 12, 2010

Fantastic - Big congrats Nancy.
JP #8753391

Cassie L. Woodlee July 12, 2010

Awesome congratulations!!! #8753422

Maria Warren July 12, 2010

wow this is so cool big congrats!!!! good luck in the next round:) #8753428

Linda Proctor July 12, 2010

Congrats Nancy !! Awesome finalist #8753557

Linda A. Braddock July 12, 2010

Nancy, Congratulations on this beautiful Finalists!! #8753605

Karen Celella July 12, 2010

Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Nancyj! #8753714

Penny Haviland July 12, 2010

Congratulations Nancy! Cool shot! ;p #8753715

Carol Eade July 12, 2010

Congratulations on your terrific finalist, Nancy! #8753759

Lynn M. Whitt July 12, 2010

Congratulations on you great finalist.... #8753832

Ellen Hodges July 12, 2010

Congrats on your fabulous finalist, Nancyj!!! Very best luck!!! #8753872

Daniella Puente July 12, 2010

Congratulations on this great capture Nancy, fantastic POV! #8753961

Reynaldo D. Reyes July 12, 2010

Awesome perspective and geometric elements. Congrats on this finalist! #8754369

Nancyj E. Hovey July 12, 2010

Gosh, I am so honored that this particular image has been chosen as a finalist this month... and as honored that all of you have said such kind words ... THANK YOU ALL! 8o) #8754385

Wm Nosal July 12, 2010

Congratulations, Nancyj #8754456

Annette Carr July 12, 2010

WHOOO HOOOO! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Didn't you get a finalist a month or two ago? Wow, you are really submitting some incredible art. This bridge, the lines, the POV, it's all sharp and draws you in to admire it. Really, amazing art my dear friend.

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Nancy L. Green July 12, 2010

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS Nancy on this wonderful finalist, WTG!!! <>< #8754556

Nancyj E. Hovey July 12, 2010

A HUGE THANK YOU to all of you for your wonderful continued support! 8o) #8754638

Karen Slagle July 12, 2010

Congrats on your fantastic finalist, Nancy. #8754704

Steve M. Harrington July 12, 2010

Good on you, Nancy! :)
Steve #8754882

Sherran Andersen July 12, 2010

Congrats Nancy. #8755070

Irene Colling July 12, 2010

Congratulations Nancy on this striking finalist. Outstanding capture and presentation. #8755337

Patti Coblentz July 12, 2010

Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Nancyj! #8755353

Julianne Bradford July 12, 2010

Congratulations on this terrific finalist Nancyj :-) #8755613

Ujjwal Mukherjee July 13, 2010

Excellent finalist,Nancy!! HUGE congratulations!!!! #8756045

Stephen Zacker July 13, 2010

Very Cool. Well seen. Congratulations #8756117

Sarah G July 13, 2010

This is a wonderful image. Congrats on the Finalist. #8756275

Stefania Barbier July 13, 2010

gorgeous, congrats on your finalist! #8756420

Nadia Paul July 13, 2010

A wonderful finalist Nancyj - congrats and good luck next round! #8756465

Val Feldman July 13, 2010

A fantastic capture and a well-deserved Finalist! Wishing you all the very best in the upcoming round, nancyj and CONGRATULATIONS! #8756520

Anita Hogue July 13, 2010

Congratulations Nancy! Such a wonderful perspective! #8756605

Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

GOOD MORNING and a huge THANK YOU to all of you for your wonderful support and BP friendships! Have a wonderful day full of sunshine hugs! 8o) #8756670

Jack Ryan July 13, 2010

Congrats, Nancy...way to go! #8756792

Lydia Williams July 13, 2010

Fantastic Nancy! Love your background, history...great photo...Congratulations on this wonderful image...!

Best, Lydia #8757029

Sheila D. Robertson July 13, 2010

Congratulations, Nancy....and may this keep going!!! #8757181

Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

Jack
Lydia
Sheila

THANK you so much for your wonderful support. May you have a great day of sunshine hugs! 8o) #8757450

Susie Peek-Swint July 13, 2010

Terrific lines and perspective Nancy ~ many congrats on your finalist! #8757867

Rod Partington July 13, 2010

Congrats on this great finalist Nancy!
Beautifully shot,especially for hand held.Love the POV! #8757969

Jeff Robinson July 13, 2010

Congrats Nancy on your Finalist!! Jeff #8758181

Boyd L. Alexander July 13, 2010

WOW!Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist Nancy!!!WTG!!! #8758215

Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

Susie
Rod
Jeff
Boyd...

THANK YOU all so much.... have a great day! 8o) #8758544

Virginia Leone July 13, 2010

Hi Nancy! Great finalist image..congrats and good luck in the next round!

Virginia ;-) #8758678

Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

THANK YOU Virginia! Am pleased to hear from you! 8o) #8758710

Debra R. Harder July 13, 2010

This is such an excellent image, Nancy! Huge congratulations on your brilliant finalist! Deb #8758931

John Connolly July 13, 2010

Congratulations on your finalist award Nancy! This is an outstanding capture, and thanks for the history! #8758982

Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

Debra
John

THANK YOU so much... I am overwhelmed with the wonderful support from everyone, and pleased to hear from you too! 8o) #8759030

Sharon Sawyer July 13, 2010

WTG, Nancy!!! HUGE congratulations on your outstanding finalist and all the best in the next round!!! #8759194

Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

Hey Sharon, thank you so much...hope you have a wonderful evening...I am going out for my walk. 8o) #8759203

Monnie Ryan July 13, 2010

Very cool, Nancy -- congratulations on your Finalist! #8759430

Patrick Rouzes July 13, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS on this superb finalist, Nancyj! WTG! #8759466

Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

Monnie
Patrick

THANK YOU SO MUCH...just came in from my evening walk, and mmmm no bridges like this fantastic one here in my neighborhood in FL...lol..... I miss being up there! The 20 minute shoot was great, and there were Canadian Geese there too. 8o) #8759779

Lorna Shutter July 13, 2010

All right!!! Canadian Geese!!! :)

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Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

LOL... Lorna....and I love your mini pic! 8o)...made my day. #8760084

Kathy Cline July 13, 2010

glitter-graphics.com #8760110

Lorna Shutter July 13, 2010

Finally after all this time, eh?! LOL! :D #8760111

Lorna Shutter July 13, 2010

Whoops! I wasn't talking about Kathy's Congrats ... I was refering my profile pic! Ha! Ha! :) #8760115

Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

THANK YOU Kathy, those roses are so beautiful... 8o)

Lorna, you sly girl...waiting all this time to show a photo of your face...thanks now show a bigger one! lol 8o) #8760118

Lorna Shutter July 13, 2010

In time, my dear! :) #8760185

Carol L. Fowler July 13, 2010

Congrats on this awesome Finalist! #8760203

Nancyj E. Hovey July 13, 2010

Lorna... 8o) it's time!!!

Carol... Thank you so much for your support and kindness! 8o) #8760212

Lorna Shutter July 13, 2010

Not by MY watch!!! LOL! :D #8760286

Cindy Bendush July 13, 2010

Great line and POV! Congratulations on your Finalist Nancy! #8760354

Kathy Coombs July 13, 2010

Congratulations!!!!! :) #8760534

Marilyn Cornwell July 14, 2010

Congratulations, Nancy! I'm sorry I'm late in congratulating you on this splendid Finalist! #8760902

Nancyj E. Hovey July 14, 2010

Lorna, 8o)

Cindy
Kathy
Marilyn

Good morning, and Thank you so much for the congrats... I appreciate each one of you...have a great day! 8o) #8761213

Kathy Salerni July 14, 2010

Big congrats on your well deserved finalist, Nancy! Best of luck in the next round! #8761703

Leslie McLain July 14, 2010

Congrats on a terrific finalist. #8762168

Nancyj E. Hovey July 14, 2010

Kathy
Leslie

THANK YOU bunches! 8o) #8762770

Michael McCook July 14, 2010

Congrats on your finalist!! I love the POV of this image. You have a beautiful Gallery. #8763715

Debbi Koplen July 14, 2010

This has great perspective! Congratulations on making it to the finals. Good luck! #8763777

Nancyj E. Hovey July 14, 2010

Michael
Debbi

Welcome to my gallery, I am pleased you like this image...THANK YOU so much! 8o) #8764122

Chris Schlosser July 15, 2010

Congratulations on your FINALIST, Nancy!! #8765209

Nancyj E. Hovey July 15, 2010

Thank you Chris! 8o) #8765481

Kathleen Brennan July 15, 2010

Cool perspective, and congrats on your finalist! #8766499

Nancyj E. Hovey July 16, 2010

Kathleen
THANK YOU SO much.... 8o) #8767464

Merna L. Nobile July 16, 2010

BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations on your Finalist Award for June, 2010. Merna #8768903

Nancyj E. Hovey July 16, 2010

Welcome to my gallery Merna, and THANK you so much for the kind commment! 8o) #8768973

Nancy J. Locke July 17, 2010

SUPER CONGRATS, TWINSY!!! AWESOME CAPTURE!!! #8769834

Nancyj E. Hovey July 17, 2010

Ha, Nancy J.. THANK YOU twinsy! 8o) #8770011

Yulianto Soeroso July 17, 2010

congratulation #8770277

Nancyj E. Hovey July 17, 2010

Yulianto - THANK YOU!!! 8o) #8770374

Barbara Waldoch July 20, 2010

Congratulations on your Finalist, Nancy! #8774924

Nancy (Peaches) Harker July 20, 2010

HUGE CONGRATS on your finalist!!! #8775871

Nancyj E. Hovey July 20, 2010

Barbara
Nancy H

THANK YOU So much for the congrats! 8o) #8776342

Laura E. Swan August 13, 2010

Mumj, I thought I came and congratulated you on this already?

I AM GOING BACK TO STRONG COFFEE! THAT'S FINAL!

And a HUGE Congrats (a little late) for this one being a FINAL, too! :D

Great job!!!

-Laura

P.S. Want to hear a FUNNY? I just scrolled UP about a MILE and see that I DID in fact congratulate you. Does this mean I can't go back to strong coffee? #8827676

Nancyj E. Hovey August 13, 2010

Laura...yes, you can have strong coffee... maybe it was the camping ....lol... THANK YOU again for the congrats, and nice comments! 8o) #8828912

Patti Coblentz August 13, 2010

Really, out of breath getting to the end of the line here!! LOl
Congratulations on this amazing finalist, NancyJ!! #8829154

Nancyj E. Hovey August 13, 2010

THANK YOU Patricia.... 8o) #8829294

Stephen Zacker August 14, 2010

Very cool perspective. Like all the lines and angles #8830736

Robert R. Goodman August 14, 2010

Hi Nancyj,WOW!!!I wish I could get detail like this in my images.A late and Big Congratulations on this beautiful capture!!!! #8831250

Nancyj E. Hovey August 14, 2010

Stephen
Bobby

THANK You so much for your kind comments, and congrats! 8o) #8832026

Debra R. Harder August 14, 2010

This is such an EXCELLENT image, Nancy! Huge congratulations on another SUPERB finalist! Deb #8832969

Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 14, 2010

A wonderful finalist! Congratulations Nancy! #8833074

Nancyj E. Hovey August 14, 2010

Debra
Donna

THANK YOU so much for the congrats! 8o) #8833150

Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 20, 2010

WHOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HUGE congrats on your BEAUTIFUL finalist!!! #8850738

Nancyj E. Hovey August 20, 2010

Hey Peaches, THANK YOU so much! 8o) #8851232

Christine Lobsinger September 25, 2011

OUTSTANDING SHOT MOMJ...
WOWOW>>>
Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist!!!
Smiling again,
Chris #9691291

Laura E. Swan September 25, 2011

AND NOW WE WAIT TO SEE IF THIS BRIDGE TURNS GOLD, Mumj! Your kids are all gathering near you to hold you up if you faint! :)

Love it and you, too!
-LaleelouleeEM. :) ! #9692315

Lorna Shutter September 25, 2011

I'm following Chris and Laura's lead assuming that this is a resubmit! CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved Finalist Award!!!!! Good luck in the next round, Nancyj!!! :)

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Nancyj E. Hovey September 26, 2011

Christine
Laura
Lorna

Thank you soooo much! 8o) #9694932

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