Crossing the Crescent City Connection.

It's Monday morning and time for the commute to work. This is the Crescent City Connection Bridge that connects the East Bank (where downtown is located) with the West Bank -- a more suburban location. While I live on the East Bank, my travels take me to the other side a lot.

I love driving back across this bridge -- it crosses just a few blocks from downtown and presents a spectacular view of the skyscrapers. The first exit into downtown, literally dropping several hundred feet in a winding ramp at the foot of the bridge.

At night, the bridge has lights along the top -- that makes it one of the most recognizable sites of the city from afar.

Hope your commute today is smooth and scenic.

--steve buser