Bridge....Not.

What looks like a cool archway to invite you to walk or drive across the Worsham Street Bridge is...well a bit of a misnomer. You see, there is no bridge.

The Worsham Street Bridge opened back in the early 1920s (I believe). And even then it was frought with fundamental structural problems. It finally closed a few years ago and they erected this archway in somewhat of a memorial of the once popular bridge. It connected residential areas on the north shore of the Dan to the warehouses and factories on the south shore. The residences still stand--and are much quieter since the closing of the bridge--but the warehouses and factories on the south side have been quiet for decades now. The proximity of the Main Street Bridge (only a couple blocks to the west) made the destruction of the aged Worsham Street Bridge that much easier.

Bridge over the River Dan

This bridge is an old railroad truss that has been repurposed as a part of the Riverwalk Trail--an 8-mile trail along the Dan River. It originally was part of a railroad that connected with Richmond, Va but hasn't been used in ages. This bridge connects the revitalising downtown areas on the south bank of the river with the trail that is mostly along the northern bank of the river.