The 'Love Lock' Craze On Bridges Will Have To Be Stopped -- It Has Proved To Be Real Costly & Dangerous.

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Wow! So many adages you could fall back on. Everything in moderation. It all starts to add up.

Funny thing is that just last month I had thought about it. I was checking out the newly renovated bridge over the famed 'Quechee Gorge' bridge in Vermont (which I visit often) when I noticed that it was already sporting about 6 padlocks. I wondered whether it would soon get out of hand -- & whether the authorities will try to put a stop to it.

I walk across too many bridges. I have noticed that quite a few now sport padlocks. I could be wrong but I get the impression that the 'Walkway over the Hudson' bridge, in 'Poughkeepsie', NY, (that I have walked across at least 6 times) encourages folks to put padlocks. Now that is a big, solid, regularly & well maintained bridge. So, the weight of a few thousand padlocks might be just bagatelle. But there will one day come a limit ...

I have spent a lot of time in 'Bristol' in a previous life. The bridge that collapsed was built after that. So, I don't know it.

But this bridge collapse has to be a warning shot across the bows to all those responsible for bridges -- across the world.

Bridges are expensive.

I wanted to make sure YOU heard of this. 😇