Assorted tidbits
Monday, April 28, 2008
- Another lawsuit has been filed over the Boonville Railroad Bridge. The Union Pacific Railroad wants to dismantle the bridge and move some of the approach spans to build a new bridge at Osage City. At issue is whether historic preservation requirements were sidestepped during the process of obtaining the permit for the project.
- Construction has started on the replacement for Kansas City's Paseo Bridge, while St. Louis has chosen a design firm for its new Mississippi River Bridge. Both cities have positioned their bridges as "landmark" or "signature" spans, but these cable-stayed bridges will probably look the same as any of the other cable-stayed designs built recently by other major cities.
- Any bridgehunters in the Tampa Bay area? I'll be in Tampa the week of May 4 on business and might be able to squeeze in some bridgehunting.