The Uncovered Bridge

After work the boys and I took off on a new adventure. We drove towards Århus in Jylland - the other end of Denmark - as I am teaching in Odder near Århus tomorrow.

We're staying in a B&B to avoid having to get up at stupid o'clock tomorrow morning. 

I googled a bit before we left home and found a place that looked like it could be an interesting walk for the boys. And it was! It was amazing!

The Municipality of Horsens has acquired a special tourist attraction of great cultural and historic value. The 13.4 meter tall steel grid bridge from 1899 that was built across the Gudenå creek as part of the private railway from Horsens to Bryrup. It was hidden in 1925 within a dam structure but once again discovered during preparations of a plan of action favoring the aquatic environment in 2013.

When the privately owned, narrow-gauge railway bridge was constructed in 1899, it led across the broad and roaring Gudenå. At its time it was the tallest steel grid bridge in Scandinavia. The project was done by the construction firm Hoffman, Hansen & Co. The bridge cost a neat total of 30.000 Dkr (4.388 USD) and was inaugurated on Saturday 22nd of April, 1899. The trip between Horsens and Bryrup was an attraction. For 1.65 Dkr (0.25 USD) you could travel 3. class on ’Denmark’s most beautiful railway’. A trip took two hours and 15 minutes.

The area on both sides of the bridge was stunningly beautiful and we spend nearly 2 hours there before we continued and drove the last 30 km to our B&B.

Those of you, who are friends with me on Facebook, can see a lot more pictures there. 

See you tomorrow
Emmy and the Hazyland Boys