Bridges Part 1: Bridges have been important in the development of Bermuda going back to 1620 when Governor Butler ordered the " construction of certain public bridges and their maintenance". In 1624, when John Smith published The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles, his map of Bermuda shows the design of three bridges - Somerset Bridge, Coney Island Bridge and Ferry Point Bridge. While the Somerset Bridge was important in connecting Somerset Island with the mainland, the bridges at Coney Island and Ferry Point were crucial for travel between Bermuda's first capital, St. Georges, and the rest of the island, although a small ferry was still needed between the two points. Somerset Bridge has now become one of Bermuda's top tourist attractions as the "world's smallest drawbridge". Bermuda now has over 40 bridges.
