🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <35DCCF3E.9B093B6D@alum.wpi.edu>,
Paul S. Wolf <Paul.S.Wolf@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
}John R Cambron wrote:
}
}> bentley@access.digex.net.nyetspam wrote:
}>
}> > There is a "Cabin John Bridge" - it carries MacArthur Boulevard 
}> > (and do you know *its* former name?) over Cabin John creek about 
}> > 1/2 mile away from the American Legion Bridge.  The "real" 
}> > CJBridge, by the way, is a very impressive arch design (a former 
}> > aqueduct converted to a road) which I believe dates back well
}> > over 100 years.
}> 
}> It still is an aqueduct, and it happens to be the long single span
}> stone arch in the world.
}
}Not only is the bridge in question an aqueduct, but so is virtually the
}entire length of Macarthur Blvd. for all intents and purposes.  The
}Washington Aqueduct, which is just below the road surface, carries the
}bulk of the water feeding the DC water supply.

Hmm.. so what would result from a good hot gasoline tanker fire on the
road surface, or the bridge?


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