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Old NH bridge with no road gets stimulus funds
WCAX.com ^ | August 12, 2010

Posted on 08/13/2010 5:21:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

HILLSBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) - Federal stimulus money has helped repair a "bridge to nowhere" in New Hampshire.

Recovery.gov, the government website that tracks stimulus spending, says the 19th century stone bridge in Hillsborough was being preserved and resurfaced to "better accommodate pedestrians and bicycles." The old bridge, however, ends in a field with an 8-foot drop.

More than $150,000 from the federal stimulus bill was awarded for the project.

(Excerpt) Read more at wcax.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: dnccorruption; dncfraud; dncrico; failure; nhfraud; obamanomics; porkulus; socialism


1 posted on 08/13/2010 5:21:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well surely with $150,000 dollars they can buy some fill dirt to fill in that 8 foot drop.


2 posted on 08/13/2010 5:29:35 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer
Well surely with $150,000 dollars they can buy some fill dirt to fill in that 8 foot drop.

Nahhhh. That's way too easy. The government way is to lower the bridge down 8 feet.

3 posted on 08/13/2010 5:34:19 AM PDT by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: Venturer

It would probably just wash away the next time the water came up.


4 posted on 08/13/2010 5:34:55 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

One of the local pols seized upon this and made an effective ad.....pictures of bridge to nowhere:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G32V1PTgywM


5 posted on 08/13/2010 5:54:02 AM PDT by jacjmm
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To: jacjmm

Great video!


6 posted on 08/13/2010 6:12:23 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: Venturer

One has to ask: even if this *was* an important project, should it cost $150k??? That seems like a lot of money to preserve a bridge that doesn’t even need to support automobile weights.


7 posted on 08/13/2010 6:20:22 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: thethirddegree

The sign at the end of the video is a real howler...


8 posted on 08/13/2010 6:22:32 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Were the contractors related to Shaheen?


9 posted on 08/13/2010 6:26:25 AM PDT by GreatMan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
This is just another example of the mainstream media treating treating us like idiots.
19th Century Americans weren't stupid enough to build stone bridges to nowhere. Building stone bridges was hard, back-breaking labor without the construction technology that we have today.

Someone should tell that lame Associated Press reporter to get off his/her lazy ass and tell us where that bridge USE TO GO.

Sheeeeesh....

10 posted on 08/13/2010 6:30:59 AM PDT by Willie Green ("Some people march to a different drummer - and some people polka.")
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To: Willie Green

Um.... did you see the video?

it is an old bridge, cut off at one end, and they took video from a SECOND, fully function automavbile bridge right next to it.

If anythng the old bridge should be torn down as an eyesore


11 posted on 08/13/2010 6:35:56 AM PDT by Mr. K (Physically unable to proofreed (<---oops! see?))
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To: Willie Green

It used to go where the new bridge right next to it now goes, which is why it doesn’t go there anymore.


12 posted on 08/13/2010 6:43:30 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. K; Mr. Lucky; jacjmm
Um.... did you see the video?

No, not until you mentioned it.
jacjmm was very helpful in supplying the additional information.

But my condemnation of the lazy AP reporter stands.
He/she treated us like idiots.
There was no such information contained in the AP story that was published and posted, either at the source or the excerpt posted here.

13 posted on 08/13/2010 6:58:17 AM PDT by Willie Green ("Some people march to a different drummer - and some people polka.")
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To: Willie Green

I agree you are 100% corret about the media- but I just wanted to warn you that your sentiment was misplaced here (as would have been obvious to anyone else who saw the video first)

I hate when people get smarmy in correcting me so I hope I didnt offend you. I dont mind being corrected (at all! please tell me when I am wrong so I don;t look foolish) but it irks me when some one says ‘Oh you are such and idiot for [some minor error]- or worse “Ohh you must hate children and want people to die you blanket blank [liberals do that one a lot]


14 posted on 08/13/2010 7:02:59 AM PDT by Mr. K (Physically unable to proofreed (<---oops! see?))
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To: Mr. K
I hate when people get smarmy in correcting me so I hope I didnt offend you.

No, not at all.
In fact, I was pleasantly surprised that the additional information was already available and I didn't have to go googling for it to satisfy my curiosity. My rant was directed solely at the sloppy reporting. I had no idea whether this was a boondoggle or a project with some kind of legitimate local historic value. (There are some such structures that are worth preservation due to quaint scenic/tourist appeal etc.)

But in this case, I think they still should've spent the money. Only the remnants of the old bridge should've been torn down and removed for public safety, not restored. Cripes... someone's gonna get hurt trespassing on that thing.

15 posted on 08/13/2010 7:30:39 AM PDT by Willie Green ("Some people march to a different drummer - and some people polka.")
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To: Willie Green
Only the remnants of the old bridge should've been torn down and removed for public safety, not restored.

Hmmmmm.... OTOH, they used to build those old bridges so solid that maybe they figure that it's cheaper to maintain it for safety than it is to pay somebody five times more to tear it down and cart the rubble away.

16 posted on 08/13/2010 7:43:12 AM PDT by Willie Green ("Some people march to a different drummer - and some people polka.")
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