This is just one of those posts that makes you scratch your head. I spent half the day giving a tour of the waterfront to one of BRO's newest writers who's moving here from LA. After driving around the Cobblestone District we crossed THE Michigan Avenue Bridge. We then arrived at the General Mills plant and this is what (above) we are greeted with. What is it? It's the no-brainer bridge that's missing - plain as day. Where did it go? A few decades ago an errant freighter plowed through it!
This IS the bridge from the inner harbor to the outer harbor! I made some phone calls this morning to ask about the many rumors as to why this bridge was never replaced and every single person I talked to said, "That's a good question and there's no reason for it not to have been replaced." Wow. That's about as lame as it gets. Do you meant to tell me that there's no bridge there just because no one replaced it? Many people will tell you that General Mills doesn't want the public driving by their plant. Other people will tell you that there is a better plan to get people to the outer harbor. If this isn't the biggest no-brainer decision this city has faced, then I don't know what is (don't answer that). Replace the damned bridge!!
What are we waiting for? Just take a look at a Google map and tell me that this is as easy as connect-the-dots. This is the big dilemma? People can't get to the outer harbor (easily) because there's not a bridge (under $10 mil) to cross? A bridge that was there for half a century? And Bidco Marine is located just down the street from General Mills. Ya know what they do? They build bridges.