[HN Gopher] Oregon's distinctive bridge style is Conde McCulloug...
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       Oregon's distinctive bridge style is Conde McCullough's legacy
       (2011)
        
       Author : Lammy
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2021-09-25 08:42 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | edoceo wrote:
       | The one in Coos Bay is worth the trip - if you're into bridges
       | and driving a long way. (101 from WA south until about Point
       | Reyes is really quite beautiful.)
        
         | intelmefan wrote:
         | It's in North Bend actually.
        
           | edoceo wrote:
           | Actually, the bridge is literally *in* and over the water
           | called Coos Bay.
        
       | webwielder2 wrote:
       | I never considered that there might be a specific origin of the
       | expression, "if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you."
        
         | ncmncm wrote:
         | That is about the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC, often "sold" to
         | tourists hoping to charge toll.
         | 
         | In Hawaii, they say instead "I've got some land on the Big
         | Island", often actually owned, and commonly a bare lava field.
         | People do build on them, and truck in soil for plantings. The
         | result can be beautiful, often suggesting an oasis.
        
         | neilv wrote:
         | Thanks for drawing my attention to this bit I missed on the
         | first glance:
         | 
         | > _In those years before the First World War, Americans were
         | clamoring for better roads, and a cadre of slick characters was
         | diligently trying to turn that desire into profits by
         | barnstorming the country pitching "patented" bridge projects to
         | county commissions and city councils. Frequently they'd sell a
         | design that they had a dubious patent on to politicians with no
         | clue about engineering, then install it whether it worked on
         | the site or not. Some of these bridges failed in a matter of
         | months as floodwaters washed out their footings; for others,
         | the adaptations necessary to make them work cost more than the
         | bridge itself. One Iowa bridge that crossed a county line
         | turned out to have been fully paid for twice -- each county had
         | gotten, and paid, the full bill._
        
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