"A Tiny and possibly Non-Functioning Bridge in 2004" Somerset Travelogue by grandmaR

Back to the 2004 Overview.

Bridge from the Ferry

From here, I can see the red light. Draw bridges often have lights like traffic lights to tell the boats when it is safe to pass through.

Somerset Bridge ferry landing building

We got off the ferry and walked alongside of the water

Railway Trail

Crossing the old railroad trail here. Section 1 & 2

Section 1 is nearly 2 miles long, it stretches east from the Somerset Bus Terminal (original Railway terminal) to Somerset Bridge where Section 2 begins. On October 31, 1931, in Somerset, Governor of Bermuda, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Astley Cubbitt, formerly opened the western branch - in sections 1 and 2 - of the Bermuda Railway.

Section 2 starts between the bridge and Overplus Lane on the water side. Pass Springfield and the Gilbert Nature Reserve, then Harmon's Bay, the Heydon Trust Estate, Scaur Hill fort, Skroggins Bay and former Lantana Colony Club, to Somerset Bridge. Overplus Lane was omitted by mistake when the original survey was made in the 1600's. From the water side of Southampton Parish, see what used to be the US Naval Annex

Looking off the bridge toward the ferry landing

When we got up to the bridge, we could see that the channel was very shallow and narrow. The back of the red light is in this picture along with the remains of what is probably the cement blocks that were the railroad bridge pilings.

Locks on the gate

The bridge is chained and locked shut. I don't know if you can see it in this picture, but Bob said that the locks were welded shut.

From the bridge to Ely's Harbor

These are the boats on the other side of the bridge. Most of them could probably get under without it being opened.

2004 photo of Sandy's Parish Bridge House

Compare this photo taken in 2004 with the 1963 photo in the "Off the Beaten Track" tip.

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