In such a rich and fabulous historical city such as the one I am living in I might imagine there would be some amazing bridge somewhere. Most of these great European cities have a few of these lying around the place. But no. This is not a river town. It's an ocean town. And you can't put a bridge over the ocean. Where would it go?
Although, come to think of it, there is a lot of this city I have yet to see. And there are a couple of rivers around here. The Paillon runs through a long stretch of city I think, but under a park the whole way. I have only ever seen it where it emerges from under the Promenade to meet the Sea. I do like standing down on the beach looking up into the mysterious tunnels from whence it issues, but the water does not move much unless it rains a lot. In the olden days people joked about how the river was the driest part of Nice! But in strong rains it did flood and they started covering it over 150 years ago or so.
There is also a nice looking more proper river called The Delta Var (I think), but it's out by the airport, and by the Ikea, and by the soccer stadium on the far end of town we have only rarely gone to. Maybe the train's bridge over that river is a nice one, but having always been on the train I didn't get much of a look at it.
Speaking of the train, it mostly runs above the city so there's a few bridges involved there. Down the street from here it travels over the main tram and shopping street and we regularly walk under it to go to the Liberation neighborhood that features our most gigantic daily market. The underpass of this bridge is illuminated in something like blacklights, blue ultra violet lighting? Which always fascinates me. The whole area is such a hodge podge of a place, with towering freeways far above, and old industrial train track construction among orange trees, and shiny glass hotels among all the Belle Epoque beauties of the city..
It is this that I have pictures of for you today, two carefully built up ones to show off our fanciest, or most humble bridge at its best.
As I find more bridges I'll let you know.
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