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this one was actually mine!

(Well I was the "owner" this was my vision sort of say), the previous bridge had a bent that attached to that big ass rock below the new bridge..

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The General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge, more commonly known locally as the "Dolly Parton Bridge" - The bridge has red warning lights atop the parallel support arches which, when combined with the shape of the supporting arches when approached from certain directions, have caused the bridge to gain the nickname "The Dolly Parton Bridge".

Interstate 65 across the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta northeast of the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama

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I got a few. Here's the Hellgate Bridge on the south east side of Manhattan. It runs parallel to the Robert F Kennedy  Bridge (I think it used to be called the Triborough) over the east River connecting Randall Island to Queens/Long Island. 

On my first job out of college I was the Field Engineer for an Electrical Contractor to rehab the overhead catenary over 18 miles, including this bridge. I crossed this bridge on rail a few times as we got closer to it to work plan. I had agreements in place with some of the Amtrak guys to get up to the top of the bridge, but I got moved off the project before that could come to fruition. We had to work our way through Hunts Point prior to getting to the bridge- I just remember that being a bad part of town- and that was after we had been through the Bronx. 

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Zakim bridge in Boston.  One of the signature components of the Big Dig

 
Zakim bridge in Boston.  One of the signature components of the Big Dig
My entire childhood involved driving through the Big Dig 6-10 times a year on visits to my grandparents. It was awesome to see what was happening and what had happened since the last trip through. 

Then I worked for a large contractor that had major work in the Big Dig and learned what an absolute shit show the Project was...

 
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