Central to where the Shendoah and Potomac rivers meet, the pylons provide an adequate detail to the remaining history surrounding riverside Harpers Ferry.

For most visitors, they will be viewed a short distance away. From town, walking up to where the convergence is named The Point offers an ideal view. Additionally, walking across the bridge across the Potomac into Maryland grants a more widespread view of the scene.

However, if anyone has the opportunity to to raft along the rivers, gaining a much more up-close view is certainly possible.

There's no operational bridge to speak of but just remnants of the 1850's bridge that opened Harpers Ferry to tourism and commerce. It's nice to see these pieces of history still intact.

Nice walking trail over the river. I just don’t get all the padlocks hanging around.

The ruins of a historical bridge that once connected Maryland and West Virginia.

A Bollman Bridge once stood here, named after Wendell Bollman who patented his bridge design in the 1850s. The bridge through the times served carts, rail, autos, and pedestrians. In the days before the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Rail bridge was built, there was an iconic Y-branch added to the Bollman Bridge around 1865-1870 that provided access ways both towards the town of Harpers Ferry and the railway that ran north.