  Ookpik Member Username: Ookpik Post Number: 132 Registered: 01-2007 |
 I assume this is the Belle Isle Bridge? For a larger version of the photo, please click here Ookpik (Message edited by Ookpik on March 12, 2007) | ||
Gtat44 Member Username: Gtat44 Post Number: 54 Registered: 02-2007 |
Yes it is........from the mainland to the Isle. | ||
Gibran Member Username: Gibran Post Number: 67 Registered: 02-2007 |
My dad would tell me stories of the bridge and every-time we passed over it he would share that when he was a teen he used jump of of it (until he was chased off by the police)....little did he know that later in my life I was jumping off the observation deck in the marina at a GP country club, where a worker would chase us off....stating that there was cement and refarb sticking sunken in the area...like father like son. | ||
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 773 Registered: 10-2003 |
"little did he know that later in my life I was jumping off the observation deck in the marina at a GP country club," This would indicate that you are one of our learned elders Gibran as it has been some time since the Country Club was where the Little Club sits today... with a marina. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4992 Registered: 11-2003 |
Can anybody ID the cars in the photo? Yr.-make-model. Thanks. jjaba. | ||
Sailor_rick Member Username: Sailor_rick Post Number: 167 Registered: 02-2004 |
I dunno about the cars, I'm more interested in the ( I presume ) motorcycle the photo was taken from. It's an impressively clear, considering it was shot from a moving, '30's era bike. | ||
Ookpik Member Username: Ookpik Post Number: 133 Registered: 01-2007 |
Sailor Rick - Outstanding observation and one I never noticed before - the photo does appear to be taken from a motorcycle! My guess is an Indian or a Henderson but that is only a guess. The car on the right hand side of the photo appears to be a 1935 or 1936 Ford while the car on the upper left appears to be a 1939 or 1940 Ford. Here is a recent picture of the Belle Isle Bridge. Note the guardrail and curb area is completely different than the old picture. I assume the bridge underwent renovations at some point?  | ||
Harsensis Member Username: Harsensis Post Number: 195 Registered: 07-2005 |
I remember when the bridge was redone, so it must have been in the 80's. I also remember driving across the bridge and seeing a hole in the railing after somebody drove their car off of it. I think that was just before it was redone. | ||
River_rat Member Username: River_rat Post Number: 256 Registered: 02-2006 |
Bridge jumping was a big thing in the late 50's. It wasn't a good place to do a belly flopper, but it wasn't that tough at twenty. I don't think I'll be trying it again nearing 70. But then... | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 16 Registered: 02-2007 |
Does anyone remember or have pics of the old tunnel under Jefferson to the Belle Isle bridge? |
