Indeed, Joe... but fixing the existing bridge ASAP (like I said, two weeks if the Army Corps is called in) would be paramount to me at the present time.

And, yes, I know I haven't stood on the bridge and assessed the damage but I really can't give a "no-can-fix" much of a chance. If such actually is the case, I surely wish I could see it. I'll have to wait for the report. That is one thing I really like about you Yanks... the dissemination of information by your highway authorities, especially the umbrella USDOT, is nothing short of superb. When I was in Boston and Washington, the various authorities and universities bent over backwards to accomodate our group. We even brought home well over $5000 of technical lit free of charge although Customs gave us a real hard time.

BTW, four of us ordered a large pizza at a pub in Boston one eve. Large in Boston means something different here. Here, we call it "Holy Crap! No way we're gonna eat all that!" Second best pizza I ever tasted. Jose Feliciano playing... what an evening!