This bright, happy, colorful place brings this mythical place into the real world. During a visit, grieving pet owners can bring mementos of their beloved pet and leave them at the bridge.

And yet, the Rainbow Bridge is deeply comforting to many, many people. “I really can’t believe it,” Edna Clyne-Rekhy, 83, the author of the poem, told me from her home in Inverness, Scotland.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A Boy Scout troop helped build an earthly “rainbow bridge” for pet owners at the Spartanburg Humane Society.

The bridge was also modeled after a real-life Rainbow Bridge in North Carolina, which became a pilgrimage site for grieving pet owners before it was destroyed by Hurricane Helene in 2024.

Georgia’s collar, along with those of other pets that were hung on the Rainbow Bridge, now lost to Helene. "She was a real sweetie. So, I don't have her tag anymore because I put it on that bridge.

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Tucked away in the mountains of western North Carolina at Lake Lure Flowering Bridge near Chimney Rock, stood a rainbow-painted bridge created by artist Amy Wald in 2022.

City officials dedicated the Rainbow Bridge in Bayou View Park on Wednesday for residents to pay tribute to the “pets who’ve left paw prints on the lives of so many” in Gulfport.