Cruel Ironies
Over the past week, it has become easier to process and put together what happened on the I-35W bridge. I keep kicking two very cruel ironies around in my head, and I think they are very telling.
1. A road crew was repaving the surface of the bridge when it collapsed. A real-life and tragic example of rearranging the deck furniture of the Titanic.
2. People have flocked to the Stone Arch Bridge to see the devastation of the I-35W bridge collapse. The Stone Arch Bridge was built in 1883, some 84 years before the I-35W bridge was constructed. Sure the Stone Arch Bridge never had steady highway traffic on it, but it did serve as a train bridge for 95 years. I guess we don't build 'em like we used to.
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Your second point is largely why I love old houses; I want something built with substance and care and with investment in the materials.
I kind of married a guy like that, too, I guess.
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