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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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9 May 2006 - 12:01 pm
I'm a big fan of the Chain of Rocks Bridge in north county. This is primarily because of my obsession with the two water intake stations located just south of the bridge. Their design is more than a bit whimsical, and I am impressed that these two structures would have been created in such a nonutilitarian way. Certainly, they wouldn't look the way that they do if they were designed today. Another interesting feature of the bridge is the 22-degree bend in the middle of the bridge. Anyway, the bridge is open to pedestrian and bike traffic, and I recommend it. You get a bit of exercise walking the length of the bridge, since the bridge runs for a mile from shore to shore. From the Missouri side, the bridge is accessible from Riverview Drive. I usually take 70 to Broadway to Riverview when I'm driving there, but this is probably non-optimal as you can just exit 270 onto Riverview about half a mile north of the bridge. Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries are also in the neighborhood, and make for an interesting visit, if you're into that sort of thing.
Posted by on 9 May 2006 at 12:01 PM
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