{"id":512,"date":"2008-09-18T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T07:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/09\/another-bridge-to-nowhere\/"},"modified":"2008-09-18T07:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T07:43:00","slug":"another-bridge-to-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/09\/another-bridge-to-nowhere.html","title":{"rendered":"Another Bridge to Nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2008\/09\/18\/us\/18bridge-531.jpg\" alt=\"INSERT DESCRIPTION\" style=\"border-top-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-width: initial;border-color: initial;text-decoration: none;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\">Just drove across the new 35W bridge, like all bridges, going nowhere \u2013 still it was a sweet crossing! I\u2019ve been in detour mode for the past year because the 35W bridge was the shortest route to work. \u00a0Humans really showed here what humans can do if we really work together and don\u2019t let barriers stop us.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking of barriers, I heard an interview with the man who coordinated the project. The reporter asked, \u201cDid you meet any big barriers?\u201d \u201cYes,\u201d he said, \u201cabout every couple hours.\u201d\u00a0<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/local\/28595599.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciaec8O7EyUsX\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br>Click here to read all about it.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/4330911338438640912-5308875829827038257?l=wildfoxzen.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just drove across the new 35W bridge, like all bridges, going nowhere \u2013 still it was a sweet crossing! 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