Come See Our Hideous Slab

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 12/17/4 | Mark Morford

[R. Scott]

It should be noted that it is a common practice of Palestinian terrorists to send children to both test the security arrrangements in outposts and at times even place explosive charges.

I guess they could gussy up “The Slab” with unnecessary and expensive towers and gossamer wires. Then the San Franciscans could be just like the French.

[2Jedismom]

A half-marathon? I've run a few half-marathons and one marathon.

Actually, I wouldn't mind running across...It's being in the CAR that bothers me.

Remember when the I-40 bridge collapsed here in Oklahoma? THAT is my worst fear...those poor people just drove right off into the water.

[SlowBoat407]

That's because the section you're showing is actually at Cape Charles, on the Eastern Shore (although the Virginia Beach side looks very much like it, except with houses all over the place). :-P

[ArrogantBustard]

I just cleaned up his HTML. There was a space between the first "<" and the "img src=", and then he had the URL in double quote marks ...

One thing I love about Virginia is our bridges. Gotta admit MD has a few nice ones, too. Here's the Gov. Harry Nice Memorial Bridge, spanning the Potomac way downstream from Washington.

[R. Scott]

The last thing on my mind while im crawling along in SF traffic is how beautiful the bridge is.

WHAT! You don’t want drivers distracted by gazing at the beauty of the bridge?

[Corin Stormhands]

Is that where Route 301 crosses?

[ArrogantBustard]

No ... It was a 10K, which included crossing the William Preston Lane (Bay) Bridge in Annapolis, MD. Real struggle on the way up, breeze on the way down. That thing is steep

[Robert A Cook PE]

Coronado bridge in San Diego across the bay is prettier.

[R. Scott]

I thought he want ranting about some "Hideous Slob"

You just had to bring up Michael Moore, didn’t you.

[MississippiMan]

I loathe the french as much as anyone, but their new bridge is indeed gorgeous.

MM

[bmwcyle]

We use to ping the tunnel on the way out to test out sub active sonar.

[mvpel]

The problem is that the bayarrheans want the rest of the State of California to pay a large portion of the cost of this monument to their prodigious vanity.

Typical of leftists.

[2Jedismom]

Every time we crossed over that Narrows bridge, I was just waiting for someone to go burzurk and hit us and throw us into the water.

I just knew it was gonna happen any minute. But I could handle it for a minute or two. I don't think I could handle it on a long bridge, unmedicated.

[ArrogantBustard]

Yep.

Here's the George P. Coleman Bridge, US 17 across the York River, Yorktown VA.

[SlowBoat407]

There's an excellent chronicle of the CBBT's construction on Modern Marvels once in a while. I live not too far from it and drive across it fairly often. It's wonderful to be in the middle of it and not see land on either side. I stood on the first island in early 2003 and watched the Navy deploying for Iraq through there. Beautiful sight.

[k2blader]

Most bridges are dang ugly.

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