On Oct 2, 10:03 am, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote: > - now shouldn't this be covered on WNN, eh? > -------------- > > The great bridge switch is on.
Ironically, I had a grandfather who *was* a BRIDGE SWITCHER! > The new Willis Avenue Bridge, connecting Manhattan to The Bronx over the > Harlem River, is open today. But does Willis get to do any "christening"? > It took $612 million to replace the 109-year-old "swing" bridge, which > shut down at 2 a.m., with a new span. I walked over that old bridge! (When I last _left the Bronx_, after attending a certain Burstein-related shindig.) > The old bridge will soon be floated down the Harlem and East rivers to New > Jersey to be recycled. So, it's a very temporary ferry, I guess? ;-) -Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wn...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
