Usually, I am the one who knows hidden and lesser-known locations and sights in Estonia, but this time it was my friend who wanted to show us something cool that I didn't know about.
Back in June this year, we took a 2-day trip to southern Estonia with a couple of friends and on the way there, we visited some places that we thought would be interesting to see. My friend wanted to go and see an old bridge that I had no idea existed.
The name is Kasari Bridge and apparently, it has quite a lot of historic value. It's located in western Estonia, next to a newer bridge I have driven on many times but never noticed the older bridge.
The bridge was built in 1904 and is made of iron and reinforced concrete. At the time this bridge was built, it was the longest bridge of this type in the whole of Europe and also in Russia. It is 308 meters long and 6.95 meters wide. The surface of this bridge is made of cobblestone.
A part of the bridge was destroyed in the Second World War, but was rebuilt afterward. The bridge was in use until 1990, when the newer freeway bridge was built a couple of hundred meters away. Now it only serves as a walking bridge.
I didn't know anything about this bridge because there is no big attraction marker on the maps about this place. Also, it is located pretty much in the middle of nowhere. There are no bigger settlements nearby and honestly, few really know about it. When driving on a new bridge, on a freeway at 90km/h. The old bridge can be seen, but is easily missed when not specifically looking at the direction of it.
The bridge goes over the Kasari River, which is actually quite wide. I took a couple of photos of the river as well.
Here you can notice the new bridge back there, a couple of hundred meters away.
My friend was wondering what kind of fish we could catch from the river. I don't know much about fishing, but to me it seems so full of vegetation that the rod will get stuck quickly in there. It's a really cool photo though. So many different shades of green in this one shot.
I'm happy to have seen this bridge. Still makes me wonder that I had no idea of this bridge's existence. Especially since it was something so special when it was built. Even when I think that I have visited almost every noteworthy place in Estonia by now that is worth going to, I'm wrong. There are still hidden gems to be found and photographed.
We spent a couple of days traveling in Estonia, so I have more posts coming about the locations we managed to visit. A lot of riversides, because my friend loves these for fishing, but also more historic and beautiful spots we managed to find on our short travels, stay tuned!
