Does it? To me, it implies that pride is the only actual utility of the bridge. Disabling the bridge wouldn't even inconvenience the municipality. So, liftin

Does it? To me, it implies that pride is the only actual utility of the bridge. Disabling the bridge wouldn't even inconvenience the municipality. So, lifting the bridge up and then putting it back down over the course of a couple hours is only as expensive as the labor to do it plus the risk to damaging the bridge. From the view of a city council who may or may not love this monument, it's a complete and utter win: * Tell the whole world we have this monument * Collect money from the idiots who need to move it * Collect even more money from the idiots if they screw it up.