{"id":9418,"date":"2019-08-28T01:41:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T06:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9418"},"modified":"2019-08-28T04:24:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T09:24:54","slug":"have-you-ever-wondered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9418","title":{"rendered":"have you ever wondered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>how you rebuild a bridge?<\/p>\n<p>First, you need to drain the waterway so you can get to the footings. <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48635098616\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"31st Street Bridge Work\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48635098616_634c1983ea.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"31st Street Bridge Work\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In the case of the 31st Street bridge over the C &#038; O Canal in Georgetown, built in 1867, they run the water from the canal through a series of tubes, holding containers, and pipes to give them a relatively dry section on which to work on the bridge. The wooden structure you see the water pouring back over is what the canalboat sits on when it&#8217;s not in the water.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48635243072\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"C&amp;O Canal Rerouting\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48635243072_80aa071a1e.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"C&amp;O Canal Rerouting\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve mostly got the canal blocked further upstream because they&#8217;ve been doing repairs to the locks and the canal itself, so the water is already running pretty lightly and slowly through this section, but it was still impressive to see.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge closed to vehicular traffic at the start of the summer and will remain closed until this time next year. However, they&#8217;ve built accommodations for pedestrians and cyclists to continue to get around the area, which has to be a huge relief to the couple dozen businesses and restaurants on the affected stretch of road. (It has the added benefits that the restaurants are super-excited to see foot traffic and that the two neighboring Italian restaurants often have samples of pizza at the ma\u00c3\u00aetre d&#8217; stands outside for passersby who might, for instance, be walking home from the movie theater.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>how you rebuild a bridge? First, you need to drain the waterway so you can get to the footings. 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