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vaps2ms@prism.gatech.edu (KoNfUzEd) writes:

>db32@prism.gatech.edu (David E. Bostwick) writes:
>>>Why make it temporary??  A bridge over 10th would be a great help.  I say
>>>keep the thing as part of Tech's "Olympic Legacy".
>>It makes too much sense to leave it there, and if there's one thing that
>>ACOG is, it's sense-challenged.  (Also ego-inflated, arrogance-enhanced,
>>and several other character traits.)

>well the official word on that aas it was told to me was that becasue the
>bridge over North Ave's hardly used compared to the cost of it, making the
>one over 10th permanent wasnt seen as necessary..

The North Ave. bridge is too used.  The main problem is that it doesn't go
anywhere.  The people on the parking deck's top level certainly use it when
they go to work in the Tower & Stud. Succ. Center.  And I bet the people
in those adjacent bldgs use it from time to time too, as do people coming
and going from football games.
  
That bridge is about to fail anyway.  I've been watching it off 'n on over
the past threeish years.  The middle is gradually "pinching" in at the
top, separating at the bottom.  Check it out for yourself, they've even
repaired it at least once, cause the pinching broke the concrete!  I hope
they're up on their structural inspections.

Anyway, the 10th street bridge would be great for those living in married
housing, grad. living center, even some folks in Home park might use it. 
Not to mention *all* the usage it'd get for a b-ball game.

Just leave the bridge up (wellllllll....hold that thought.....lemme see
how rickity this thing is first....) inspect it regularly, or put a rubber
hose across a step (like on a road) so you can count users.  If its used
alot, and starts to wear out then reinforce the thing as a service to the
students/fans.  If its not used, then its not gonna wear out for a while
anyway.  (kind of a good Catch 22)

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