A view from the middle of the old suspension footbridge over the Saint Mary's River in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The park, one of the biggest in Fort Wayne, occupies a large curve in the river on the city's south side. I was looking west, away from the park and toward the Bluffton Road side of the bridge.

This bridge, built 1930, is in a heavily wooded area of the park, far from the playgrounds, golf course, and flower gardens that bring most visitors to Foster Park. The only way to reach it from the park is to hike through the woods on a primitive dirt trail. The other end of the bridge is at the base of a steep set of stairs leading up to Bluffton Road. The steps are visible in the background beyond the tower in this photograph.

A lot of people on the south side refer to the Foster Park suspension bridge as "The Swinging Bridge" because it bounces and sways if you jump up and down in the middle of the span.

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