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You see these "bridges to nowhere" in analogous places in a lot of the midwest. I think the city planner nailed it - it was built in anticipation of developmen
by tiahura 3y ago
You see these "bridges to nowhere" in analogous places in a lot of the midwest. I think the city planner nailed it - it was built in anticipation of development. I.e., back in the 60's they made guesses about growth and some of those guesses were wrong. There are probably many others, but these catch our attention because they're 50 feet up in the air.
- Two9A 3y agoHonestly, you see this all over the world where anticipated development either hasn't materialised or funds have dried up. The A57(M) freeway through Manchester, England was planned to continue from its current endpoint southwards, but the rest of it... never happened. And now there's a bridge over the A34 that doesn't connect to anywhere. As I recall, the M1 emerging from London starts at "Junction 4" and there were three more junctions planned deeper into central London, but that part of the road never happened either.
- RetroTechie 3y agoGreat article! Reminded me of the "Leave as you found" rule: Say you're hiking through some fields, and come upon a fence. If it's open, don't close it. If it's closed, don't pass through leaving it open. Why? Because building a fence takes effort. Maintaining it too. And if whoever built that fence left it open, probably had a good reason to do so. Read: until you understand why it's there & in the state it's in, don't mess with that. If you do know who put the thing there & how it's used, then by all means have at it. And the detective work here: hacker spirit in optima forma! Kudoz to the author.
- pimlottc 3y agoThis is more specifically known as Chesterton’s Fence: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterton%27s_fence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterton%27s_fence