It was a beautiful sunny day to ride but the trail had many shady spots.
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At this point the bridge was level with the treetops. That was surreal.
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My wife taking a selfie on an old railroad #bridge along the #WestPennTrail
An old #railroad #bridge along the #WestPennTrail. This bridge was originally much higher. When they built a nearby dam, this valley was flooded. These days you have to check the water level before you go out, because it sometimes gets submerged.
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Today was a great day for a ride along the Capital Area Greenbelt in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
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One of many bridges along the Sandy Creek Rail Trail in Pennsylvania.
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An abandoned tunnel from 1907 along the West Penn Trail. It was bypassed in the 1950s. The tunnel has a two foot concrete plug in the middle to keep floodwaters from bypassing the nearby Conemaugh Dam. Taken standing on an old concrete railroad bridge gets submerged when it floods.
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Approaching Elder Run Tunnel while riding the West Penn Trail.
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The formerly abandoned Pinkerton Tunnel along the Great Allegheny Passage
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Riding the Great Allegheny Passage between Meyersdale and Confluence.
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I ride rail trails and geek out over bridges and tunnels. And also coffee.