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This is the longest expanse of the bridge, which zig-zags across Tinker Creek near Vinton. |
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The bridge has several overlooks and the view is great. |
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Some of the metal is painted, some is rusting. |
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Another view of the view. |
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Looking back from the other side of the river. |
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This trail goes up the steep hill with sharp switch-backs, making biking it difficult. |
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Your favorite editor in his new favorite shirt, taking in the view. |
I went over to Vinton this morning to try to find that damn new Tinker Creek bridge that was opened last week as part of the Roanoke Valley Greenway. And I found it. It is at the end of a stretch of Greenway that previously had no link to anything on either end and now is part of a long stretch from Vinton to Wasena Park. Problem here is that the road is so sharp and so steep that it takes quite a biker to navigate a small part of it. But, for many bikers it is a real delight.
I wonder why the bridge is so big, so elaborate and why rusty metal was used (as it was in that monstrosity in Wasena Park*), but, frankly it all works here and the view is just lovely. Go find it. It's worth the effort.
(* Architect Richard Rife of Rife + Wood in Roanoke answers this question thusly: "Cor-Ten steel has a galvanized coating on it to prevent corrosion, then they apply a thin, sacrificial layer of steel on top of that which rusts and makes a sort of "patina" that prevents/minimizes further rusting. It's not supposed to rust through.")
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