TWIN SPAN WILL BE GREAT, JUST LIKE THE PEACE BRIDGE

[CITY Edition]

Buffalo News

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Print Media Edition: Financial edition

Buffalo, N.Y.

Sep 16, 1999

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Pagination: B3

Abstract:

For 72 years, the Peace Bridge has provided access to the United States

and Canada. It's a plain, well-built, structurally sound,

self-supporting

bridge. The safety factor has been excellent, and the cost of

maintenance

well within budget.

Full Text:

For 72 years, the Peace Bridge has provided access to the United States

and Canada. It's a plain, well-built, structurally sound,

self-supporting

bridge. The safety factor has been excellent, and the cost of

maintenance

well within budget.

Yes, we have to wait and sometimes tempers flare. So what? This is the

way it is at every major bridge -- start, go, stop, wait; start, go,

stop,

wait. And it's not going to get better.

I urge my fellow Americans and Canadians to forget about looks,

studies,

environmental hogwash and traffic tie-ups. Let's face the facts. For

than 70 years, she has been "The Bridge."

To some she may look ugly, but to millions of us she is beautiful and

strong,

an architectural and engineering achievement. Her structure stands out

against the morning dawn and evening sunset. Yes, she has done her job

very well and will do so for many years to come. So let us reward the

Peace

Bridge with a thank you for a job well done and give her a twin sister

bridge.

WILFRED D. ERTELL Williamsville