Bridge miscellany: A sketch, political cartoons, front pages and more

Posted on August 10th, 2007 – 6:05 AM
By Roadguy

Another quick ‘n’ random post today, as Roadguy’s bosses are keeping him quite busy. Since I don’t really have time to write a thousand words, let’s start with a picture for your consideration:

BridgeSketch.jpg

The sketch was created by Choy Leow, a friend of one of the Cribsheet bloggers. He wrote:

What happened August 1st here in Minneapolis gave us all reason to pause & reflect. Was drawn to the site this afternoon to pay respect to those impacted…

In the darkest of Minnesota’s moments, the light of the day was surreal with the recovery activities going on. Those who were taken paid the ultimate price needed to commit to the health, safety & welfare we value. We who remain will have to find ways to bring this to closure & ensure a better place for future generations…

For drawings of a different sort, a collection of bridge-related political cartoons from around the country is here. And if you’d like a look at how other newspapers’ front pages covered the disaster, click here.

Also, given that even our detour will have a detour this weekend, some folks might just opt out of traffic altogether and hang around the house. So if you’ve got any bridge-related links that we might not have discovered on our own, please add them in the comments below.

Finally, here’s a transit destination I never imagined I’d see:

CommandPost.jpg

You definitely need more than a ticket to ride.

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