I was born in 1977 so I was very young when this bridge was still up. However I remember being slightly unnerved even at that age going over it. 😆👍 So awesome that you uploaded this. Thank you!
Same here! But it was always an adventure and it never did collapse. That was scary in the winter, especially the sharp curve on the Superior side! That old bridge always made a bunch of awful noises as I recall. . . But I was probably 6 or 7 when it was torn down. :-)
Thank you. for this. Used to ride our bike over to Billings Park from West Duluth to go swimming. Even then I was leery of the water in the St. Louis River!
Sure is fun to watch this now in 2020. So much has changed in west Duluth since 1984. I sure miss how the old west Duluth was. Thank you for sharing Roger! :)
I made that drive many times in the late sixties and early seventies. Slippery when wet! That sharp curve on the Superior side always had fresh boards on the guard rail from people running into it. Nice to see old downtown West Duluth. I went to the movie theater there, saw "Butch Cassidy" and "Catch 22."
That bridge was a bit spotty, but it had nothing on the Oliver bridge. I remember my parents using it all the time. When was it taken down, can't have been much past 1984
MAN does this video bring back memories! That's when the mines were in full operation, life was different back then. Used to live in superior, and cross the bridge going to the 148th ANG on top of the hill. The cars were mostly running with the use of carburetor and few computers. I miss the 80s!
A rickety old wooden bridge that always felt like it was about to collapse. My family would ride tat bridge into Superior to visit the Mariner Mall. Yes, the Bong Bridge was 1000x better. I completely forgot about the train bridge in West Duluth (next to Twin Ports Amusements, McDonald's and the park).
Denfeld area going into Spirit valley he's driving on grand avenue you can still see some of the same buildings on the corner of grand and 48th I believe ..that's the only way I was able to recognize