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The Rainbow Bridge is a meadow where animals wait for their humans to join them, and the bridge that takes them all to Heaven, together. The Rainbow Bridge is the theme of several works written first in 1959, then in the 1980s and 1990s, that speak of an other-worldly place where pets go upon death, eventually to be reunited with their owners.
But for some grieving pet parents, the Rainbow Bridge was a real place. Tucked away in the mountains of western North Carolina at Lake Lure Flowering Bridge near Chimney Rock , stood a rainbow ...
Karen, the poem "The Rainbow Bridge" "is all about when a pet leaves us - they go over the Rainbow Bridge to Heaven where they run free. They will be there for us when it is our time," the ...
Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, held every year on August 28, is a time to remember and celebrate all the cats, dogs, and beloved pets who have "crossed the Rainbow Bridge" before us.
Scholar Andy Orchard suggests that Bifröst may mean "shimmering path." He notes that the first element of Bilröst—bil (meaning "a moment")—"suggests the fleeting nature of the rainbow," which he connects to the first element of Bifröst—the Old Norse verb bifa (meaning "to shimmer" or "to shake")—noting that the element evokes notions of the "lustrous sheen" of the bridge. [3]
Marsh Rainbow Arch, a bridge design by James Barney Marsh (1856–1936) of the Marsh Engineering Company; seven of these "Rainbow Arch Bridge" crossings in various locations appear on the US National Register of Historic Places
The bridge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. After the completion of the Veterans Memorial Bridge, the Rainbow Bridge was closed for renovations. On its re-opening in 1997, [4] the Rainbow Bridge became one way, handling westbound traffic only. In January 2014, refurbishment project started. [5]
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