The Turpentine King’s Bridge to Nowhere

Abandoned Hillman Bridge stretching across the Suwannee River, with rusted steel trusses and graffiti visible along the roadway.

Some roads don’t fade quietly.Some stop mid-sentence. Stretching nearly a thousand feet across the dark, tannin-stained waters of the Suwannee River, the Hillman Bridge stands rusting and silent—an abandoned steel giant that once promised connection and now leads only into forest. We didn’t set out to find it first. On our way to scout the … Read more