To mark tomorrow’s opening of the new 35W bridge, here’s a picture that was handed out to the media and other attendees at Monday’s news conference on the bridge:

Information printed at the bottom described it as a photo taken Sept. 9, 2008, for Figg, the bridge engineering firm. (Above is a photo I took of the handout.)

For comparison, here’s a photo I took at 4:25 p.m. yesterday, Sept. 16:

Hmm. Aside from the late-afternoon lighting, something looks a little… different. Perhaps some of the paint already fell off and they were repainting? Perhaps the bridge traveled backward through time? Roadguy is a bit confused — but not as confused as he’s going to be tomorrow when his alarm goes off at 4 a.m.

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