Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge

The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is one of three bridges designed by Santiago Calatrava for the Dallas area. It spans the Trinity River and connects the Woodall Rogers Freeway with Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas. Currently it is the only one of the three built.

Driving over the bridge towards Downtown Dallas

If you're a fan of Calatrava's work, then you'll love the bridge. If you really don't care one way or the other about architects, then you'll just wonder why this bridge, in this design, in the place in Dallas, and why it is seemingly going nowhere.

Look, up in the sky!
It's a bird! It's a plane!
No, it's a mass of cables reaching 400 feet into the sky!

I know, the whole idea behind this blog was to show Dallas from a pedestrian's point of view, since there are so many things you may miss if you're driving. Still, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is one of the new icons of Dallas and deserves a little feature.

The view from the West side. The power lines spoil some of the view.

The best views of the bridge are from the West end of town. You hardly see it once you're in downtown given how most of the buildings hide it from sight.

Fire Hydrant

Just a close up of the top of a fire hydrant. I just happened to like how the paint was peeling off of this particular one.

No More Parking Here

Looks like someone didn't want to pay the extra 25 cents. Whoops...

Downtown Map

There is a great 3-D map of downtown at the Thanksgiving Square DART rail station.

Of course, it needs to be updated given some of the more recent construction in downtown, but that doesn't make it any less interesting.

Waiting to Cross

You've got to respect a man in suspenders.

I caught this shot waiting to cross Ross Ave. in front of the Fairmont Hotel.

Personally, I like how he's standing straight up and everything else in the picture is leaning at an angle.

Panoramic Mural

The mural in the entrance to the DMA in panoramic view. More information on the mural on The Gift of Life post.

The Greyhound bus included as a bonus item.

Museum Tower and DMA

The Museum Tower sits quietly in the background, debating if there will be enough sun today for it to shoot its solar death ray down at the DMA.

Sadly, there will probably be enough sun for it.