High Bridge

High Bridge records the Highway 53 crossing between Duluth and Superior. Jeff is struck by how easily a structure spanning the bay can become part of an unexamined routine. Stopping to look brings its scale, engineering, and the difficulty of building in Lake Superior weather back into view.

He wonders about the work beneath the familiar journey, from setting the pilings to enduring the wind and cold. He also reflects on the prospect of the bridge being replaced. The painting preserves the crossing as he saw it, with renewed attention to something people pass through every day.