Google Sightseeing » Bermuda http://googlesightseeing.com Why bother seeing the world for real? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:55:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Somerset Bridge, Bermuda http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/31/somerset-bridge-bermuda/ http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/31/somerset-bridge-bermuda/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:00:15 +0000 Alex Turnbull http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=852 This is the Somerset Bridge in Bermuda – which is apparently the smallest working drawbridge in the world! Wikipedia says the bridge:

consists of two cantilevered half-spans, separated by a 32-inch (80 cm) gap bridged by a thick timber panel. The panel is removed whenever a yacht wishes to pass beneath the bridge, allowing the unsailed mast to pass through the gap.

Some dude at Princeton (who’s lucky enough to take family holidays in Bermuda) has a great river-level shot of this tiny sight.

Thanks to Sara.

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