karen meisner (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} _stranger_here) wrote,@ 2007-08-02 18:11:00 |
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To cross a bridge is to make a leap of faith that the bridge will hold us up. We know that we're suspended high in the air on a shaky structure, but we choose to believe in the idea of the bridge as sturdy ground. We put our faith in the human ability to build connections, to draw a line between two separate things and bring them together as one. We trust that we've created something strong, something lasting. When I see the ruins of a collapsed bridge, the fear comes from more than the small possibility that someone I know could have been hurt. My faith is shaken.
The Humber Bridge, U.K.
The bridge is constantly moving. It bends more than three metres in the middle in winds of 80mph and the towers bend inwardly at the top.
Building was begun in 1972, completed in 1981. The anticipated lifespan of the bridge is 120 years.
