A re-visit to the double bridges revealed continued aging, but also provided the opportunity for some added images of the area. 
Click here for the original visit, 
in Spring, 2001.

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Climbing up the grade from the road and looking back toward the west at the east end of the east bridge...whew! It's November, so the leaves are not in the way. The railroad track is behind the camera, and the bridges' intersection is ahead.

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The railroad track and the east end of the east bridge.

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A little detail of the east bridge looking west.

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Another east-to-west view of the east bridge at sunset

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East bridge sign.

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The geodetic survey marker, east end, east bridge.

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East bridge framework. Coal River is in the background

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More east bridge, from the east bank of coal river, downhill from the railroad.

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West bridge "repair".

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More west bridge deterioration.

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West bridge sign.

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Below the west bridge, the vines are taking over

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Railroad viaduct carries the tracks over Alum Creek, flowing to the Coal River in the background.

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I don't remember it, but I'll bet the camp counselors told ghost stories about this place! As dusk fell, it got creepy.

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The Coal River to the lolwer left is formed by the Little Coal, coming from the right, and the Big Coal flowing from left fork, under the east bridge.