At times, keeping a big thing all connected can be difficult. Bigger may be better — but communication, connection, and transportation are key.
Bridge: according to my thesaurus, some of the alternate terms are: viaduct, platform, catwalk, and trestle. Some of meanings are more specific to what the bridge crosses (or connects) or what is crossing on it. So authors, and engineers, need to choose words with care.
While not all the bridges of this small city on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River are visible in this photo, they are all important. One carries highway traffic eastbound. A different bridge, constructed more than 40 years later, hosts a westbound highway. Railway bridges cross the river a little to the north of this view.
This bluff area is a good place to create a fictional town. And thus Elm Ridge, Illinois, was created on the page. In the sweet historical romance, New Dreams, the reader arrives with a pair of immigrants in April 1851. For details on the book, click here: https://amzn.to/3vWydWE
