Opinion

   The east and west ends of the New Mississippi River Bridge should meet midstream later this month. You wouldn’t think that such a feat of engineering and construction would be easier to achieve then agreeing on a name, but you would be wrong.   Under the bi-state agreement to build the bridge, both states need…

   The recent bridge collapses in northern Washington State and Southeastern Missouri – unrelated collapses within two days of each other – were sobering. Thankfully, no one died in either accident.    On May 23rd the Skagit (Interstate 5) Bridge, an hour north of Seattle, collapsed after being struck by an oversized truck with a…