Tynemouth Creek

June 29, 2017  

At last, we returned to this beauty to try and get some better pictures of the bridge.  Once again, we were on our way to lunch in St. Martins and a trip along the Fundy Trail Parkway, and the family was indulging me in the side-trip to Tynemouth Creek.   The day was still dull and overcast in the morning when these were taken, not my favorite conditions for photographing covered bridges.  Tynemouth Creek is a tidal river, and as with the Irish River bridge in St. Martins today, I was able to scramble down and get some profile pictures from the muddy bottom of the river as the tide was out.

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July 19, 2014

We stopped here on the way to St. Martins for the day to have a quick visit to the bridge.  This was pre-blog days and it is on my list to be revisited to get some better photographs.  

Hammond River No.3 (Smithtown)

[Update]

This is the second bridge to be damaged and closed in the province in the last 9 months by a heavy vehicle exceeding the weight restriction for the bridge.  Please follow this link to the CBC news story.  I will add further updates as they unfold.

June 20, 2017: Damaged covered bridge in Smithtown closed indefinitely

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July 18, 2015

This is a lovely bridge that we visited on a hot Saturday in July.  There seems to be a favorite swimming spot below the bridge, so I was unable to get all the good shots I'd have liked, as there were lots of children playing in the water beneath it.  Lesson learned: don't visit popular bridges on hot summer weekends if you want clear vistas to photograph and to avoid the ire of wary parents.