As a young man with a love of structural engineering I marveled at the erector set like appearance of this beautiful structure. Before the first time I paddled below the spans I donned my life preserver like the sign said. That was fifty years or so ago and my children have also had the privilege. That bridge took about a year to build at the turn of the last century. So why ,five years worth of decision making to tear it down. There is no reason this bridge cannot be restored other than the will to fund the project When I looked at that bridge I saw the beauty and thoughts of permanence. To me it just looks like it belongs there, In that beautiful place it was erected.