Big bridge

Pictured here is the Park Bridge. Over 1300 feet long and 300 feet high it carries traffic above the Kicking Horse River. Touted as a feet of engineering it was constructed in very short order, 21 months ahead of schedule. The bridge was opened to traffic in August of 2007. I first crossed it in 2008 on a motorcycle trip to the west coast. I had vivid memories from my younger years of a great road full of tight turns and covered in avalanche shelters. As I rode I waited with anticipation for that road of my memories. I arrived in Golden, the twists and avalanche shelters of my memories were missing. Unbeknownst to me, I had sailed over them on the Park Bridge. The new route is quicker and undoubtedly safer, but I miss the old route.