Bridge Of Lions At Dawn

by DB Hayes

Title

Bridge Of Lions At Dawn

Artist

DB Hayes

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Photograph - Photography, Art, Fine Art,

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Fine Art Americas (FAA) watermark does NOT appear on sold art as FAA removes the watermark before each sold copy is museum quality printed on canvas, photo-paper, metal, acrylic or any of FAA’s many other available medias regardless of which one is chosen by the buyer.

COPYRIGHT DISCLOSURE NOTICE: THIS IS A COPYRIGHTED, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PROTECTED IMAGE. IT IS ALSO MONITORED FOR ILLEGAL PIRACY DOWNLOADS.

WE are proud to write the following art groups have featured our "Bridge Of Lions At Dawn"
image:

1 = Nikon Full Frame Camera: 2/04/2019
2 = Created by Southern Artists: 2/04/2019
3 = Showcasing The South: 2/05/2019
4 = USA Photographers ONLY: 2/05/2019
5 = Just Perfect: 2/05/2019
6 = Digital Art And Photography For A Simple Imagination: 2/05/2019
7 = Your Very Best Photography: 2/05/2019
8 = Whats New: 2/06/2019

We captured this sunrise on June 06, 2018 after traveling to St. Augustine, FL. WE shot from a location on the "city" side of St. Augustine looking toward the Bridge of Lions as the sun starting making it appearance that early morning. Luckily nature favored us with a few strong sun-rays, which found their way through the heavy, angry looking clouds.

WE captured this image using a Nikon D850 camera with a Sigma 24-35mm wide-angle Art lens.

According to Wikipedia, The Bridge of Lions is a double-leaf bascule bridge that spans the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine, Florida, United States. A part of State Road A1A, it connects downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay. A pair of copies of the marble Medici lions guard the bridge, begun in 1925 and completed in 1927. They were removed in February 2005 and returned in March 2011.

The United States Department of Transportation declared the bridge "structurally deficient and functionally obsolete" in 1999, prompting heated debates on what to do with the structure. A restoration plan was approved, but opponents continued to voice their opposition. Reynolds, Smith & Hills from nearby Jacksonville was awarded the engineering and design contract, estimated at $77 million, and projected to require five years to complete.

A temporary bridge was constructed adjacent to the original bridge and traffic was diverted to this structure while the original bridge was being rehabilitated and reconstructed to look like its predecessor. After nearly 80 years of service, an official closing ceremony for the original Bridge of Lions was held on May 26, 2006. Isabella Heard, one of the young girls on the lead float in the opening of the bridge in 1927, was there, in a wheelchair, to tie the ribbon for its closing 79 years later.

Renovation work was completed on March 17, 2010 when it reopened for use. Following the removal of the temporary bridge (to an offshore reef), and landscaping, the restored Lion statues were returned after a 6-year absence, early in the morning of March 15, 2011, principally completing the bridge renovation project.

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"Art Excites & Soothes Life"

Bill and Deb Hayes

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February 4th, 2019

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