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IBC Photo Contest Review

Topic: Rehabilitated Bridges

The committee evaluates and rates each photo on a scale of 1 to 5. Committee members should abstain where they feel there is a conflict of interest or if a photo was submitted by the Committee member’s company, organization or agency.

Please submit your grades no later than May 16, 2025

  • For the photographs that you score a 4 or 5, feel free to provide a comment/quote in the box provided. The best comments/quotes will be used for advertisement purposes in the IBC Magazine.

Photo Contest Submissions (excel)

The score for each photo is BELOW the photo.

 

Photo Contest Scoring

Please score according to scale:

1 – not very impressive – should not be considered

2 – some character but likely not worthy of consideration

3 – good – adequate composition, pretty picture

4 - very good – well composed subject matter

5 – excellent – wonderful image, good contrast of light

 

 

Photo 1 - New Kensington Bridge
Locale: Connects Allegheny Valley to New Kensington, Pa crossing Allegheny River & Norfolk Southern Railroad

 

 

 

Photo 2 - Removed, duplicate of #6

 

 

 

Photo 3 - Roberto Clemente Bridge (Sixth Street Bridge)
Locale: Connecting the North Shore to downtown Pittsburgh over the Allegheny River

 

 

 

Photo 4 - New Kensington Bridge
Locale: bridge takes you from Allegheny County to Westmoreland County crossing NSRR, Pittsburgh Street, 10th St. & Allegheny River

 

 

 

Photo 5 - New Kensington Bridge
Locale: bridge takes you from Allegheny County to Westmoreland County crossing NSRR, Pittsburgh Street, 10th St. & Allegheny River

 

 

 

Photo 6 - New Kensington Bridge
Locale: bridge takes you from Allegheny County to Westmoreland County crossing NSRR, Pittsburgh Street, 10th St. & Allegheny River

 

 

 

Photo 7 - City of Lakewood / Interlaaken Bridge
Locale: Lake Steilacoom

 

 

 

Photo 8 - St. Georges Bridge
Locale: Chesapeake & Delaware Canal

 

 

 

Photo 9 - Charles Anderson Bridge
Locale: Carries Boulevard of the Allies over Junction Hollow into Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA

 

 

 

Photo 10 - Parkersburg Memorial Bridge
Locale: Parkersburg, WV crosses the Ohio River

 

 

 

Photo 11 - Kansas City Terminal Railroad High Line Kansas River Bridge
Locale: KCT lift bridge over the Kansas River - Replacement of lifting jacks - Commissioning lift

 

 

 

Photo 12 - Kansas City Terminal Railroad High Line Kansas River Bridge
Locale: KCT lift bridge over the Kansas River - Replacement of lifting jacks - Commissioning lift

 

 

 

Photo 13 - Kansas City Terminal Railroad High Line Kansas River Bridge
Locale: KCT lift bridge over the Kansas River - Replacement of lifting jacks - Commissioning lift

 

 

 

Photo 14 - Wurts Street Bridge
Locale: Kingston, NY spanning Rondout Creek close to where is empties into the Hudson River

 

 

 

Photo 15 - DB-252
Locale: I-95 over Local Railroad

 

 

 

Photo 16 - NB-617
Locale: I-476 over Black Creek

 

 

 

Photo 17 - McBlain Bridge
Locale: Grand River

 

 

 

Photo 18 - Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Locale: Wheeling, WV over the Ohio River

 

 

 

Photo 19 - Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Locale: Wheeling, WV over the Ohio River

 

 

 

Photo 20 - Monument Place Bridge
Locale: Elm Grove, WV over Little Wheeling Creek

 

 

 

Photo 21 - Monument Place Bridge
Locale: Elm Grove, WV over Little Wheeling Creek

 

 

 

Photo 22 - Monument Place Bridge
Locale: Elm Grove, WV over Little Wheeling Creek

 

 

 

Photo 23 - Gold Star Memorial Bridge
Locale: I-95 and Rt 1 over the Thames River between New London and Groton, CT.

 

 

 

Photo 24 - Commodore Isaac Hull Memorial Bridge
Locale: Route 8 over the Housatonic River between Shelton and Derby, CT

 

 

 

Photo 25 - Arrigoni Bridge
Locale: Rt 17 and 66 over the Connecticut River, connecting Middletown to Portland, CT.

 

 

 

Photo 26 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge
Locale: US 44 and NY 55 across the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Highland, NY

 

 

When finished with scoring, use the submit button to send in your scores. Or use the Save and Continue Later button, you will receive an email with a link to come back and finish scoring.