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Bridge is welcomed but not entirely awesome or unique
While not wanting to belittle the welcome addition of the new Berkeley Pedestrian Bridge over Interstate 80, I was amused to learn from a quote by Mr. Scott Berkowitz that “t's awesome and unique. There is no other bridge like this anywhere, and I've been everywhere.”
Perhaps Mr. Berkowitz may have been everywhere in Alameda County, but he certainly has NOT been to visit Gateshead, County Durham in England.
Here you will find a unique bridge, catering exclusively for pedestrians, bikers and the disabled, called the Millennium Bridge that opens and closes by a “winking eye” process.
By viewing the web-page http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/bridge/bridged.htm other less-well travelled readers in Berkeley might wish to learn about other “awesome and unique” things in other countries.
Dr. Barry Welsh
UC Space Sciences Laboratory,
UC Berkeley
